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First World Class Residential University in the entire world (Established 500 years before Oxford University, UK)

*10,000 students and 2,000 Gurus and scholars studied and taught there(From China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Tibet, Sri Lanka and South East Asian countries).

Mathematician Aryabhatta studied and taught there.

Khilji (A Muslim invader) destroyed the university, killed Buddhist monks and Teachers, scholars, students living there and ablazed "The Mountain of Truth(the library)" consisting of 90 lakhs books and sacred manuscripts on various subjects Mathematics, Ayurveda, Astronomy, Medicine, Logic, Buddhist scriptures and many more.

Nalanda ruins were declared UNESCO World Heritage in 2016.

*The idea 💡 of revival of Nalanda University was proposed by A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.