Credits should also be given to XuanZang, who recorded his journey through Ancient India and wrote every details he saw and experienced from his journey to India. His books helped archeologists and historian find the lost history and historical sites of ancient India.
Lol don't expect that from this Hindu people. They also hate Buddhism success that's why in some period of time they also try to Hindu wash the Buddhism lol. Actually no one has respect for Buddhism only those who follow they had but all the other Hindu superior mind people don't like that lol. Because according to them hindutva so more superior and they even say Buddhism come under Hindu lol can you imagine that they also put Hindu in top. No wonder why this got destroyed.
It's great shame that there is a railway station near that ruins, named after bakhtiar khilji who burned that University . no political party have courage to change that station's name because of muslim vote bank.
I am a Christian girl Full support to Hindu 🙏🙏 I have heard that 40 thousand temples and dozens of ancient universities were completely demolished by the invaders. This is the right time to reclaim & rebuild all the temples.
@Hello How is it possible that "they" could destroy Hindu's self-respect for their own culture? That seems like something that one would have to choose to destroy personally and on an individual basis.
My blood boils whenever nalanda university is mentioned And the destruction it faced for years! Who in the right mind would burn a university to show his dominance? What is even worse and appalling is that some people treat that invader as an "Idol" Or " Icon" , sick mindset.
Yep. That's how some cultures progress, not ours. We never invaded any territory nor showed dominance. Maybe that's the reason we forgot how to be strong to protect ourselves, we need to be strong and unite.
@@TimakiwalaAny Proof or Evidence that Brahmins have Destroyed Nalanda ? Any Proof that Brahmins ill-treated Buddhists and not Muslims ? After all I am a Brahmin and have got my Sister Married to a Sri Lankan Buddhist !
My home is just 20 km away from this great university. I'm native to this place and I'm proud that my ancestors witnessed the glory of this university.
Lol don't know which weed u smoke. Indians excell in different fields on science?? What a joke. See our patent numbers. Indians don't stand a chance anywhere. I don't know how u came to the conclusion "Indians r excelling in science"। Lol
@@bibliophile5700 Well actually, the Taksashila, or Taxila in Greek, is the oldest known university in the Indian subcontinent, which was built during the 10th century BCE (somewhere between 1000 and 901 BCE), which is 3000 years ago from today, but the Nalanda University was built only 1600 years ago by the Gupta Maharaja Kumaragupta I in 425 CE.
Not just Nalanda, but also Vikramshila, Odantapuri, Somapura, Takshashila, Paharpur, Sharada and the many ancient schools in Varanasi, Vijayapura, Vijayanagara, Kanyakubja, Purushapura, Ujjain, Vidisha etc
@@ak-gi5dr Its sad think how much knowledge was lost. So many manuscripts on history, culture, literature etc all lost because of bigots and worthless demons.
@@dwarasamudra8889 now that's when you take history to heart and not live with the times...if people start crying over the burning of Alexandria,Baghdad, nalanda etc..it is highly foolish of them..history is history..and people should learn it as such
@@ak-gi5dr when studying history, it always make you think, 'what if this did not happen', 'what if something else had happened'. In reality, these questions are useless for today but are still interesting to think about. Moroever, its important to learn these events and emphasise how tragic they were, or else history may be forced to repeat itself. We still see today people burning books and other texts because it doesn't suit their narrative.
@@ak-gi5dr No one is crying to death and taking history to heart can be done while you are still living the things that is happening Infront of you, It is just _acknowledging_ and _respecting_ history while it also inspire people to think about possibilities. "History is history" and "People should learn it as such". It's so confusing that you had said and supported what is being done while also being against it. You are making stories and exaggerating things for your argument.
India has contributed hugely to world and human civilization. Throughout history it has heavily influenced its neighbours - including China, Japan, Indonesia, Thailand and other south east Asian countries. It was a powerhouse in mathematics, architecture, engineering, mining, manufacturing, philosophy. It had one weakness though - and that was being a peaceful, non-violent civilization with very aggressive, primitive, warring neaighbours to the north and west of it. This resulted in repeated invasions - theft, destruction and pillage - continuing until relatively recently with the latest invaders from Europe. However, time and time again India has recovered from these repeated assaults and has always come back stronger. India's future, as always, is extremely bright.
Buddhist India was not weak. Based on the historical facts Mauryan empire's army grew in numbers and stronger in order to protect borders and maintain peace within the borders. In fact the following Buddhist empires like Shung and Gupta also prevailed strong and successfully fended-off all foreign attacks. From the last 800-900 years is when the brahmanism (or hinduism) began to take a hold and with brahmanism came the division of Indian society. This very division led to the destruction of India's actual and real culture of equality and peace. Divided country then was not able to defend itself from any attacks and it is evident that the week Indians such as, brahmins always ended-up supporting and cooperating the invaders. Khilji's invasion was similar too and brahmins who worked with Khiljis to destroy the jewel of India which was Buddhism.
@@sidman5311 Mauryans was not Buddhist fundamentally. Chandragupta was Hindu but at the end of his life he converted to jainism, Bindusara was Ajivikas and Ashoka was Hindu then right before the kalinga war he converted to Buddhism.
Nalanda University was not part of the Indus Valley Civilization (if that's what you're referring to); it was part of ancient Magadha. The Indus Valley Civilization had declined long before, around 1300 BCE. They're both Indian civilizations, though. Magadha descended from the Indus Valley Civilization.
Yes, I agree. Please view the UA-cam video, 'Nalanda sangaramma in its entirety. Gautam Buddha.' You will realize the sangarama was 25 km sq km in size. Nalanda was amazing.
My goodness i am really amazed to the rich history of India.. OMG Look at that.. Also remember their culture has a big influence to the neighboring Asian countries specially east and south east asia
Influence was also there in West Asia , specially Persia and Greece. And that university is the Takshila University in present day Pakistan . That was there before and around Euclid's time.
Was once the richest country in the world, it was reduced to the poorest. Believe me, Western historians are hiding a lot of things from you guys. Western civilization were built on ruins of Indian civilization. There was lot of extraction of knowledge and wealth from india. If you know the complete truth you will be say. Woow.
It breaks my heart...our ancestors were purest and I m so proud of being born in this ancient land..we will always stand strong and keep our culture alive by our thoughts speech and action
Lol your culture already fuk#d . Your own hindu people make jokes on hindus gods and make anti hindu movie . Your people leave kasmir for fear of muslime . Muslim gonna make your country hell in 100 years
It's great shame that there is a railway station near that ruins, named after bakhtiar khilji who burned that University . no political party have courage to change that station's name because of muslim vote bank.
It was destroyed by the invaders who were made to idolised and believed the Sun revolves around the 🌎. Indian Civilisation has never built glory by destroying other Civilisations. When I travelled outside India and spoke about Nalanda Uni ... none knew it. Thanks for making this video... just shows how progressed India was in ancient times and hope we build our glory again.
None kows about Nalanda bcz all narrations about it are blatant falsehood. Will anybody accept it a foolish king travelled thousands of miles just to burn books!! Are the pagese of all these books were of gold?, idiots.
“Various personages involved in the revival of Buddhism in India such as Anagarika Dharmapala and The Mahabodhi Movement of the 1890s as well as Dr. B. R. Ambedkar hold the Muslim Rule in India responsible for the decay of Buddhism in India.[42][43][44][45][46] In 1193, Qutb-ud-din Aybak, the founder of the Delhi Sultanate and first Muslim ruler in India, left defenseless the northeastern territories that were the heart of Buddhist India. The Mahabodhi Temple was almost completely destroyed by the invading Muslim forces.[43]”
It's great shame that there is a railway station near that ruins, named after bakhtiar khilji who burned that University . no political party have courage to change that station's name because of muslim vote bank.
@@Hari-vj8oi No, you foolish propagandists . it wasn't your favourite Jihadists but from your own ethnicity Brahmins are accused to this tragedy . i beg you , don't get insane by your nonsensical abusives towards them . it damn hurts their mind in case of unexpected reasons . calm yourselves and do some research . cause you have a lot of to be grateful of muslims . as you know there are things called * History *.
@@wonji5385 Bakhtiar khilji defended india before the raid of Mongols . other wise what would've happen you know at least . so , or what else you expect from this magnificent . Idk , why you people are so ungrateful ? when histories are glorified . best of luck , India .
I'm really shocked after watching this. Imagine If this university was never destroyed how rich information we would have. How valuable would it be. We can find solutions to many problems which modern day science fails to do. My heart is really broken.
The destruction of Baghdad in 1258 CE, particularly the libraries and scholarly centers, resulted in a devastating loss of knowledge. Event: Mongol Siege of Baghdad (1258 CE) Impact: Libraries and House of Wisdom destroyed Loss: Immense amount of knowledge across various fields This event is often referred to as the "destruction of Baghdad's knowledge" because of the significance of the libraries and the House of Wisdom.
if it's true Bakhtiyar alone couldn't have done this mass damage.. he probably got alot of help from Hindutva and Bjb / RSS operatives to get rid of Buddhists in east India
@@ArjoRoy-pe6tf No, a Thunderbolt! *Rig Veda 10.23.4* "Indra throws drops of moisture on his yellow beard" *Rig Veda 2.20.7* “Indra, the slayer of Vṛtra, destroyer of cities, has scattered the b______-sprung servile.” *Rig Veda 1.103.3* “Armed with the thunderbolt, he has gone on destroying the cities of the Dasyus, and augment the strength and glory of the Ārya.”
Other ancient and medieval universities or centre of learning, of which some may predate European universities are: Takahashila (600BC-500BC) . Vikramshila University (800 AD - 1203 AD) Vallabhi University (600 AD - 1200 AD) Jagaddala University (1084 AD - 1207 AD) .. Nagarjuna Vidyapeeth (600 AD) . Kanthalloor Vidtapeeth(1000-1300 AD)
The date of Takshashila is known without any doubt ? How so ? Moreover, the Ancient Greeks had higher education around the same time. In fact, it was way better in Greece than in any other part of the world ...
@@DipayanPyne94 Aristotle asserted that objects of heavier masses fall faster than those of lighter masses. Ptolemy asserted that the Sun revolved around the Earth, which is what Jews, Christians and Muslims copied.
The oldest university of the world is "Takshila University" where the likes of Chanakya were trained. Nalanda university cannot be attributed alone to Buddhism. The school taught all the Darshanas or philosophies as well as Vedas, Ayurveda, Surgery, Metallurgy, Rasayan-Shashtra(Chemisty and Alchemy) etc. Also, this was not the only one to be destroyed by the invading Muslim Turks who wanted to remove traces of anything non-Islamic. Bakhtiyar Khilji, who destroyed the university came after the doctor from this university helped cure the Sultan in Delhi or some high profile member of his family. This is how they repaid the ones who helped save their lives. Another important fact to note is that this university was supposed to be renovated and revamped quite long ago, but the command was given to a Noble Prize winner Economist Amartya Sen who after his stint had nothing to show except a small locked room. Also, Nalanda was not the only university to be destroyed in Bihar(and by extension, Bengal), let alone India. Examples are Vikramshila, Oodantpuri and many more. If the Indian givernment increase the budget of the ASI, one will find new things everyday. I am happy that you included Shri KK Muhammad ji. He is a gem of an archeologist cum scholar.
But nalanda university is regarded as Buddhist monastery as well as university how come they teach or tought Vedas and agamas which is directly opposite to the teachings of Buddha.
Also Alexandria university in Egypt was destroyed by Omar their Khalifa no.2. Many western historians either reject it or even defend the destruction! Read account of our on Bonghi intellectual MN Roy!
@@MrBharanish have you actually read any of those books or just repeat the propaganda vomited by lundtekar who made up his own chutiyana cilt from Buddhism? 😂
It is a highly decorated phrase to say "lost for 800 yrs".. How it got lost all of a sudden? Reality is stark - burning the great Nalanda was a sheer act of cultural genocide by a bunch of invading barbarians who wanted to annihilate & desecrate anything iconic of Indian civilization. Firstly, Indians of current generation must have the courage to accept facts as it is.. eventually BBC's will cease to do sugarcoating of such historic events.
Sir the main purpose of destruction is to wipe out the pre-existing culture and impose the new one. And the best way to cut someone from root is to destroy the source of their knowledge
@@aryanhassan4659 When we look at the India of CE 9-10 centuries, Gupta dynasty (which had ruled over an area of 4.4 million km² Vs the Roman empire of 2.3 million km²) had declined & most parts of north India was ruled by decentralised kingdoms. On a wider scale, it was also the period when Roman & Sassanid empires to the west of India had collapsed. To the north, Tang dynasty in China had cut-off trade through the Silk Road. The resource-deprived central asian tribes resorted to violent raids & there was no unified resistance from any direction. In India, they targeted treasure-pots for economic loot, crushed all centers of faith /cuture/learning as a mark of ideological warfare, induldged in extensive slave trade & forced conversions. In this process, what happened was the triumph of the invading barbarians by brute force over a civilization that was far more evolved & sophisticated. The impact was such that the faultlines still runs deeper even after 1000 years in the social psyche. For any real sense of reconciliation, every Indian without exception must acknowledge this fact & pledge to unity by derecognizing the sheer venom inflicted by Khiljis & Aurangzebs (just as Germans commendably did of the deeds of Hitler).
Very harsh. The British were great archeologists. So a lot of research was done on India's past. And great places and people get forgotten. It happens.
What's more sad is that all the ancient libraries of India where all the knowledge of our ancient culture were stored for so many years were destroyed within hours. And not just nalanda, many more universities were destroyed in india !!! India was one of the first nation in the world to have international universities and two national highways in the ancient times 😔
@@rathoref2336 Like these: *Rig Veda 10.23.4* "With him too is this rain of his that comes like herds: Indra throws drops of moisture on his yellow beard..." *Rig Veda 10.96.8* "At the swift draught the Soma-drinker waxed in might, the Iron One with yellow beard and yellow hair..." *Rig Veda 1.100.18* “Indra, who is invoked by many, attended by the moving (Maruts), having attacked the Dasyus and the Śimyus, slew them with his thunderbolt; the thunderer then divided the fields with his white-complexioned friends, and rescued the sun and set free the water.” *Rig Veda 1.130.8* “Indra, the manifold protector of battles, defends his Ārya worshiper in all conflicts, in conflicts that confer heaven; he punished for man the neglecters of religious rites; he tore off the black skin; as if burning, he consumes the malignant; he utterly consumes him who delights in cruelty.” *Rig Veda. 2.20.6* "Indra, the slayer of Vrittra, the destroyer of cities, has scattered the Dasyu sprang from a black womb." Rig Veda 2.20.7 “Indra, the slayer of Vṛittra, the destroyer of cities, has scattered the black-sprung servile; he engendered the earth and the waters for Manu; may he fulfill the entire prayer of the sacrificer.” *Rig Veda 3.34.9* "He gained possession of the Sun and Horses, Indra obtained the Cow who feedeth many. Treasure of gold he won; he struck the Dasyus, and gave protection to the Aryan color." *Rig Veda 9.73.5* “O'er Sire and Mother they have roared in unison bright with the verse of praise, burning up riteless men, Blowing away with supernatural might from earth and from the heavens the black skin which Indra hates.”
Looking back, india was the most developed largest undefeated empire back then for more than 5000 years. But most of it is lost. India was modern since 5000 years ago.
@@shounen-guy Indus Valley Civilization only covered a small part of the Indian subcontinent. There was no concept of India as we understand it today during Mehlua.
As a Bengali Hindu I feel more pained . Bcs our gaud kings were fighting internally while bhaktiyar was attacking us. Gauda king lost the war and eventually this barbarians destroyed our temples and universities. 😭😭😭 It's always like this internal problems helps your enemies. If cholas didn't attacked that time we could have had made each other alliance and fought with that goon.
Comes let's study about trues history of NALANDA Pehli bat - Nalanda university se hinduo ka koi lena dena nahi. Ye buddhist logo ka hai Dusri imp baat - 450 isvi me gupt samrajya me हूणों ne kiya tha pehla hamla Nalanda University k k upper jiske wajah se university kafi had tak barbad ho gaya tha. Fir budhho (buddhist) aur brahmano ki fight me Nalanda university ko aur zyda nuksan hua tha. 7vi sadi me gaudas ne kiya dusra hamla. Jo hindu dharm se belong karta tha. Itna zyda dangerous hamla hua ke log waha sw bhagne lage. Isi hamle me Nalanda University k emarat aur books jal kar khaakh ho chuke the. Tab ja kar 400/500 saalo baad 1193 me khilji ne kiya tisra hamla. Aur ye hamle se pehle hi Nalanda University khandar ban chuki thi. To ye kehna k sirf khiljk k wajah se Nalanda university nahi raha. Ye bolna Galat hai LET'S LEARN TOGETHER AND GROW TOGETHER❤
@@shanayaacademy It was established by Kumar Gupta 1 during Gupta dynasty . Secondly the language and subjects that they used to teach like astronomy, Vedic logic, mathematics predates Buddhism and founded by Hindu philosophers. And last thing the language used was Sanskrit . Please learn and grow. Why do you hate Hindus so much. If you have problem with hindus . Remove Sanskrit from the foundations of Buddhism if u can . And last what is the archeological proof of Hindu destroying the university?
@@gauravsolanki4249 are u mad. How can u say I hate hindus. You all are the creation of my Allah. U believe it or don't believe it. We can't hurt you. Our motive should be one. To choose right path. That's it
I've just learnt today about the existense of the ancient Nalanda and its Buddhist studies! The history is just fascinating! Even the view of the ruins is magnificent, though it's sad that the university had been destroyed... Only to think about it...unbelievable, centuries older than European universities. I'm really keen on learning about Buddhism, so now it's my dream to visit the ruins and probably take a short course in modern Nalanda! I'm very proud of the Indians who decided to revive this amazing place! There's a long way to go to reach such world acclaim, but I believe in you and your heritage! Good Luck and Love from Russia!!!
Destroying culture and knowledge reserves is the primary step towards colonization/imperialism/authoritarian rule. It has happened everywhere, especially those places that have seen millenia of invasion and colonization.
@@charumathis5029 That's not quite true. Many invaders have preserved and nurtured culture, knowledge and ancient wisdom. Romans for example not only did preserve any great monuments and books they encounter in their invasion, but also used to build their own great buildings and even roads. Other invaders preserved great cultural achievements, but stole them and brought them in their own countries to display them in museums and galleries. It's far not true, that imperialism always destroyed knowledge and culture.
There were many such universities. Taxila, Nalanda, Vikramshila, Udantapuri, Pushpagiri, Vallabhi. Sharada, Ujjain, Mithila etc etc. The list goes on. The entirety of the subcontinent was adorned with universities before these mlechhaq came
Even entering the Nalanda University was a great achievement in itself! Dwarpal(Gatekeepers) were highly qualified and one had to answer some questions before entering into university premises 😂
And how exactly are we gonna revive the glorious past . But making everyone Engineer then an IT employee , and the rest into IAS , Government employee. Wow , what a revival.
India throughout its history including the indus civilization has been a beacon of toughness through beauty and humility. No western or eastern force could conquer the richest and most diverse culture on planet earth, and today she rightly is moving back to the top , where she belongs.
They did conquer us...the British robbed and destroyed us to become rich....now we're poor and everyone laughs at us calling us smelly and dirty. The amount of racism is mind-boggling. I mean their ancestors did this to us and they are so ignorant that they have no idea- the irony!
Maintaining peace - I think that’s one mistake India has made since ancient times and that is why it wasn’t able to preserve anything of value! Heavy militarization and security of the borders, both physical and the abstract, is important to maintain the peace, unity and things of value inside. It might look cruel and aggressive but unfortunately that’s the key to survival! Look at all the civilizations, religions and countries that do that.
But but but....whou would even want to attack you? India just start developing but they have so many people that in case of emergency they should win war anyway. Nobody is stupid enough to attack you because first there is no much to be retaken and second there is too many of you to keep area under influence. India should build security INSIDE INDIA not just on the border. Exept some terrorists and millions of idiots in your own country you have no enemy at this point
@@sajuente8235 Thanks for demonstrating your knowledge of the ancient and present times. Extremely smart people like you are essential for the progress of others. You seem to be polish, I won't comment any more!
@@bhuvaneshs.k638The Cholas only brought destruction to Indonesia, creating chaos that give muslims to spread and take over the islands, it was all the Cholas fault for the conversion in Indonesia.
Proud to be a part of this culture, my village is just 5 minutes far from the university. my eyes glitters to see our heritage being rediscovered and rebuild 😻. 💙Love from Nalanda 💙
It's great shame that there is a railway station near that ruins, named after bakhtiar khilji who burned that University . no political party have courage to change that station's name because of muslim vote bank.
BBC feel free to state the name of the criminal who committed the genocide & the destruction of knowledge (in short crimes against humanity), its Muhammad Bakhtiyar Khalji. Don't pussyfoot around it to avoid hurting 'sentiments'....people should be able to take facts & introspect period. That way people can understand what happens when power goes to wrong hands...for those reading this its important to know how this criminal met his end aswell, quoting "As he lay ill and exhausted....Bakhtiyar Khalji was assassinated by Ali Mardan Khalji."
@@srvbhmk265 Some people still try to deny it. Some people see people like Bhaktiyar Khilji, Mahmud Ghazni, Alauddin Khilji, Aurangzeb and Muhammad bin Tughlaq, as the greatest rulers who ever lived. They deny the crimes and atrocities those tyrants committed. Its like people calling Hitler a hero or like how the CCP of China still thinks Maozedong is a hero.
A bunch of illiterates, thugs, warlords, slaves descendend and for them a temple, a stupa, an university, a fort, a palace all looked the same. We not only lost an university, we lost a civilization that thrived on this part of the Indus for almost 2500 years till 12th century. The goon who led this, is buried in a non descript tomb somewhere in West Bengal, India but this university will rise from ashes.
And if we try to change it a particular community starts protesting. They are beyond reason, simply because this barbarian belonged to their religion. I have never seen them appreciating Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, Azim Premji or other such marvelous personalities as much as do the Mughals and the Turks. They choose these ppl as their inspirations, which is quite telling .
tell me one place in india where muslim doesn't destroy our heritage but still minorities appeasement is really important for leaders and accepted from hindus that we treat them equally
@@rakeshbabu9884 well present day Muslims do have lot to do with it, they support them and their destruction because they were Muslims! Even if we try to reclaim our histroy and talk about destruction we would be called extermist
@@rakeshbabu9884 true today's Muslim shouldn't be blamed for Islamic invaders I also believe in it but problem arises when those invaders are considered as hero by Muslims. Shouldn't they feel proud of their native culture instead making hero just on the basis of religion. That's what angers me
I'd love if indians and chinese get to access each other conveniently on social media, we have many things to talk about with thousands of years of friendship, ah these politics 🥺
If they destroy; we will build again. If they destroy again; we will build again. Indians build and rebuild. Congratulations for a wonderful effort and all the best.
@@pritishm1546 Soecifically for Nalanda, a lot of records of the teachings at the university were taken by International students who studied there back to their home countries. Case in point is Fa Hsien and Xuanzang (I think), two Chinese students who, at different times, studied at Nalanda and took back their learnings to China and set up institutions there where these are saved and stored till today. Based on their teachings at Nalanda, they started entire schools of Chinese Buddhist thought which are practised to this day. Nalanda is very much alive.
@@krishnanunnimadathil8142 9 million books were burned......how could anyone will recover those books knowledge ? In Zuzang's book there is only Buddhist perspective !
@@pritishm1546 There are many other students like him who have travelled to different places and taken this knowledge with them. We may not be able to recover all of it, but we can recover a substantial amount of it.
BBC self-censored itself. It wasn’t explicit that Khilji and Islamic conquest burned down Nalanda intentionally because it was considered Kafir. Truth, no matter how uncomfortable, must be spoken.
there is also a university here in Pakistan known as "shadra university", which obviously looks like a pile of bricks today. we are told that its a holy hindu site. whats the story behind it?
Its lose not just for Indians but for the entire world. We would have had a different perception about education system. Our kids would have took g uns, They would have got cracked up, No accidental relation, No academic pressure. Juse pure exchange of knowledge
In 1006, the Muslim Kara-Khanid ruler Yusuf Kadir (Qadir) Khan of Kashgar conquered Khotan, ending Khotan's existence as an independent state. The war was described as a Muslim Jihad (holy war) by the Japanese Professor Takao Moriyasu. The Karakhanid Turkic Muslim writer Mahmud al-Kashgari recorded a short Turkic language poem about the conquest: English translation: We came down on them like a flood, We went out among their cities, We tore down the idol-temples, We shat on the Buddha's head! [66][67][69][70] In Turkic: kälginläyü aqtïmïz kändlär üzä čïqtïmïz furxan ävin yïqtïmïz burxan üzä sïčtïmïz [73] Idols of "infidels" were subjected to desecration by being defecated upon by Muslims when the "infidel" country was conquered by the Muslims, according to Muslim tradition.[73]
I belong to a village just 5 minutes from the university. Not just this university but Bihar also has place where Buddha meditated for years, birth place of Godess Sita, Guru Govind Saheb's birth place, Sher Shah Suri's makbara and Fort, Jarasand's kingdom and his death place and the third largest ancient empire of the world-Maurya empire, Nanda dynasty ( Alexander who had conquered half of the World had to return as he got scared of the nandas after fighting a small kingdom of India.) We have Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Islam and many others. We also have the ancient foreign reserve of the biggest gold mine in the country but government refrains from excavating. I some times feel pity on Takshshila( another big university of the Maurya's) which is now in Pakistan.
BBC conveniently avoided mentioning the invaders and the reason of destruction in the description, I guess it does not fit their narrative/ agenda. Good work BBC,
@@shubhrajit2117 yes they are blind but not as blind as you are, some historians believe is what the video said, as if we don't know who proudly did this atrocity!
@@shubhrajit2117 "Said to have", "allegedly", "some historian" I have problem with producing a proven and known fact as a blame on someone. also they did no mention the reason behind burning of the library. so yes I am blind to your logic.
The university was in run for over 800 years....That's really a huge time period considering the current time period of living in democracy..It's almost 8 times more...
In ancient India there were three major Universities. Sharada University in Kashmir, Taxila University in Gandhar region of Punjab and Nalanda University in Bihar.
The major univerisities were Nalanda, Odantapuri, Mithila and Vikramashila in Bihar, Somapura in Bengal, Sharada in Kashmir, Takshashila in Punjab, Vallabhi in Gujarat, Lalitgiri in Odisha and the Kerala School of Mathematics and Astronomy. There were also many prominent centres of learning in Varanasi, Vijayanagara, Purushapura, Ujjain, Vidisha, Anahilapataka, Pataliputra, Dharanagar, Kalyani, Manyakheta, Vijayapura, Kanchipuram, Kanyakubja etc
My eyes glitters to see our heritage being rediscovered and rebuild. May Bhagwan Buddha bless us and this university such that it shines like it did thousands of years ago. 🙏
In 1006, the Muslim Kara-Khanid ruler Yusuf Kadir (Qadir) Khan of Kashgar conquered Khotan, ending Khotan's existence as an independent state. The war was described as a Muslim Jihad (holy war) by the Japanese Professor Takao Moriyasu. The Karakhanid Turkic Muslim writer Mahmud al-Kashgari recorded a short Turkic language poem about the conquest: English translation: We came down on them like a flood, We went out among their cities, We tore down the idol-temples, We shat on the Buddha's head! [66][67][69][70][verification needed][71][72] In Turkic: kälginläyü aqtïmïz kändlär üzä čïqtïmïz furxan ävin yïqtïmïz burxan üzä sïčtïmïz [73] Idols of "infidels" were subjected to desecration by being defecated upon by Muslims when the "infidel" country was conquered by the Muslims, according to Muslim tradition.[73]
@@Adonis626 It have nothing to do with islam because every conquerors done such cruel acts for example sack of bagdad by hulagu Khan a Buddhist himself, burning of tamil hindu Jaffna library by Buddhist sri Lanka
@@durontooprotiroddho8316 This is not a competition dude. We will make our place in this world, so can china. Even that time as well india and China both were the epitome of civilizations (again not just those two, but I'm only talking about them).
A famous story of Nalanda University's Physical doctor: Once Bakhtiyar Khilaji (BK) fell very serious ill. All his Hakims(Muslim doctors) were failed to recover his serious illness. One of the Hakim suggested BK call to Hindu Vaidya(Doctor). This Hindu Vaidya was the only hope for your life, Hakim told to BK. When Hindu Vaidya come to Darbar of BK, BK gave ultimatum to Hindu Vaidya I won't eat anything from Kafir (infidels) but if you not did my treatment then I will kill you. Hindu Vaidya was too much feared, after few days Hindu Vaidya gave Quran to BK and told him you just first read 20 pages of this book you will be recover. After few days BK recovered from his serous ill. BK got puzzled he call to Hindu Vaidya for giving him reward, and ask him my Hakim could not done my proper treatment but you have done, how come? Hindu vaidya replied I paste some medicine on each page of the Quran during reading you might be lick each page hence you recovered. BK got very angry and kill him. Because he already threatened him I don't eat anything from any infidels. And BK burnt down all the medical books from which Hindu Vaidya was learnt treatment. BK didn't like any non muslims should have such a medical or other field knowledge than any Muslims knew. All books were written in Sanskrit or Pakrit language which was not usefull to any arabic lipi know people.
Bhain ki Laure, how does a Hindu Doctor, is a Nalanda story. Some scholars also says, that Nalanda was destroyed by some other community because it was only way to stop the spread of Bhuddhism. Today, you will see the same trend when Bhuddhism is growing.
When Islam invades ,it destroys knowledge because Knowledge gives thought, Thought makes you question, Questions create disobedience to Rulers and Allah. so it destroys everything that develops knowledge and education.
It have nothing to do with islam because every conquerors done such cruel acts for example sack of bagdad by hulagu Khan a Buddhist himself, burning of tamil hindu Jaffna library by Buddhist sri Lanka
@@psychicmaya It have nothing to do with islam because every conquerors done such cruel acts for example sack of bagdad by hulagu Khan a Buddhist himself, burning of tamil hindu Jaffna library by Buddhist sri Lanka
@@whybother5142 no one has done to the extent islam has destroyed the world. Look what happened when ISIS took over middle east recently. Stop your pathetic excuses
It's sad to see some fanatics kings and generals throughout history destroyed the library and institutions such as Nalanda, Alexandria, Baghdad etc. It's really saddening. I'm a Muslim and I acknowledge what was done to the educational institutions and library was really terrible and such terrible incidents were done by various other kings too in middle east, India, Egypt, Roman Empire etc.
Bhaktiyar khilji wanted the kafirs to study only the Quran and nothing else and that is why he destroyed the university and massacred the monks and gurus there. Legend has it that one of the monks even treated Khilji through his illness but even so or maybe cuz of ego he ordered the destruction.
Anger is one of the poisons in Buddhism. Hinduism too. There's no place for anger or hatred. All things happen by the Law of Karma. We can mourn it but no place for anger or hatred. Instead let's practise what the great Nalanda Masters taught.
Nalanda has arisen from the ashes of history. The old knowledge was never really lost. Xuanxang and other legendary students had carried back to China and Tibet, invaluable scriptures, oral knowledge that had been safely preserved in monasteries. This ancient knowledge will form the core of the revived international Nalanda.
Yes. India lost it soul when Nalanda was destroyed. Always It gave me pain when I think about Nalanda. Probably It was the greatest lost of our culture
With that cruel act of invasion and setting the library on fire…we lost so many knowledge and informations, we cannot retrieve..it was not just the loss to India but to whole mankind…
Wow! Incredible that it taught students for 800 years, far longer than Harvard or Yale have been around! There's a Nalanda University (or is it College?) in Sri Lanka also...and I know Sri Lanka also had a great civilization in Anurhadapura/Polonnaruwa around that time. Was this also an ancient university, or is the name just in memory? Sri Lanka is a Buddhist country...were any of the ancient manuscripts taken to Sri Lanka when it was destroyed?
There are..... Nalanda was very much connected with anuradhapura. All these places were part of the ancient Buddhist world... I'm amazed by the fact that u were able make the connection.
Sri Lanka was one of the first nations outside India to adopt Buddhism as the state religion, after the Mauryan King Ashoka (who converted to Buddhism from Hinduism ) sent his son Mahinda and daughter Sanghamitra to Sri Lanka to spread Buddhist ideals and values. The ancient Mauryan Empire of India started with the Hindu king Chandragupta Maurya and stretched across almost the entire Indian subcontinent and included present - day Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Incidentally, the capital of the Mauryan Empire was the city of Patliputra (modern day Patna in Bihar) and the original Nalanda University was located in Rajgir, which is only a short distance away from Patna. Rajgir is where the ruins of the vast Nalanda University has been excavated and its a huge place - I have visited as a child. Sri Lanka might have a Nalanda University, but it isn't the original one which was destroyed by the Islamist invader Bakhtiyar Khilji, who brought Islam to North India. His successors ruled India following Iz. lam.ic holy books regarding the treatment of non - believers and hence, huge numbers of the peace loving Hindus and non - violent Buddhists had to convert into Khilji's religion, in order to survive. In fact, Bakhtiyarpur is a town still present a stone's throw away from Nalanda and probably built up on the ruins of Buddhist and Hindu dwellings and structures. So India is probably the only place in the world, which still has cities, towns and roads named after some of the worst non - Indian and brutal Hinduphobic tyrants of the world from Khilji to Churchill - all responsible for the deaths of millions of Indians directly or indirectly.
@@user-rr5mq4em5w I lived in Sri Lanka for 10 years from 2000-2010 - was a volunteer for Sarvodaya Women's Movement in Moratuwa and then taught English classes in homes in Kandy, and spent time at Buddhist nuns' place also in Kandy. Went all over the island, visited most major sites (though never went to Polonnaruwa due to expensive ticket!) and attended all the major festivals and ceremonies. And read lots of Buddhist and historical books also, as I continued to do afterwards in Malaysia and now in Thailand. Also in India 1997-98 as a volunteer for Joint Assistance Centre and some other small NGOs, and traveled all around there also. So I know a lot about both countries.
Hindus only talk about nalanda !!!! Which is destroy by afgani and it's not even Proven !!!!, Bt they never talk about taxila vikramshila sumpurav maha vihara !!! Which is actually destroy by hindus !!!! Pala Empire was fighting with gujra parthira hindus and south indian Tamil chola dynasty together!!!!!
Its a request to the Indian government to provide the highest level of security around Nalanda University in order to protect the university from eternal illiterates. Buddhist monks should be given free access to this university with high dignity and bring back their lost dignity. Education should be mandatory for all human beings.
Indians praise Mughali architecture, embroidery and food. What you don’t know is that this actually belongs to India. Do you see a tejo mahal and lucknowi embroiderey, architecture, mughali stiffed naan i. Afghanistan, iraq or Iran? NO! Because it belongs to India 🇮🇳 ❤
When Indonesia had lost borobudur temple in java, buddhist or buddhism in java disappeared too. But after Borobudur temple rediscovered again, buddhism started to revive again.
I have been there a few years back. This place captured my mind like nothing before. When I was walking by the graveyard of the adhyapakas and panditas ( professors) , I felt like I too am a disciple of that great monastic university . I could realize the true meaning of Buddhism , what are the teachings of Ashtangika Marga ( eight folded path) , I realized the magnanimity of our ancestors. 🙏🙏🙏 so proud to be born to this great nation.
These library contained vast knowledge about architecture, metalargy, art of politics/diplomacy etc. Many famous ancient Indian Personalities used to teach here in these University. But sad, the hate towards non muslims destroyed it.
PAIN PAIN PAIN Yes beyond grief --but it is more painful to learn that some non Hindu groups think they do not belong to this GLORIOUS Ancestry of Hindu Knowledge but belong to Khiljis !!!!!
@@pic952 Vedic Religions Buddhism Jainism Tolerant If Islam cN shed Kafirism it will be great reform can ensure peace in Societies they live in and the World at-large
R.T Allmuslim do not approve of what khilji did but they do not feel they belong to Hindu heritagIin iindia it is two or three parallel traditions.We did not have industrial revolution to bring prople together
@@krunalpanchal6415 british and other colonial powers were back then we're more interested in looting and exploiting, slavery, imperialism not much into religion because they lost the crusade wars to muslims in middle East and Mongols.
@@ak-gi5dr The Hindu Gupta Emperors built the holiest Buddhist temples like Mahabodhi Temple in Gaya, Dhamek Stupa in Sarnath and many others. It was Hindu Gupta Emperor Kumaragupta who built Nalanda University in fact. And always remember that the worlds largest Hindu Shiva Temple at Angkor Wat was converted into a Buddhist temple.
Wait...was Nalanda University ever "lost"? I thought the site was always known, but it was ruins. I learned about this place being considered one of the world's oldest universities when I was reading about Xuanzang - the Chinese monk who travelled to India in the 7th century in search of original sacred Buddhist texts, and whose journey inspired the classic Chinese novel "Journey to the West". It is good to know that the ancient university is being revived.
It wasn't lost. You are right. It was just left in ruins. Muslim Kings ruled the Bihar region for 550 years. They did not allow for the reconstruction of Hindu or Buddhist sites.
No it was indeed lost. Infact, even Takshashila was lost. Many of these sites were found after deciphering of Brahmi script. Infact in early 19th century, British considered Mauryan Empire and Chanakya to be mythology as well and thought Takshashila was some kinda imaginary place.
Growing up watching journey to the west. :) My grandmother will tell us buddhist stories from Viranasi. I thought this city was a myth and did not think it existed until I start following India's history. What a special place. Can someone tell the population of India then? Was it always this crowded?
@@mananmody9355 I mean that people knew that the ruins were there. They didn't know exactly what they were but it wasn't as if they were lost in a jungle like the Teotihuacan Temples in Mexico
It's great shame that there is a railway station near that ruins, named after bakhtiar khilji who burned that University . no political party have courage to change that station's name because of vote bank.
every conquerors done such cruel acts for example sack of bagdad by hulagu Khan a Buddhist himself, burning of tamil hindu Jaffna library by Buddhist sri Lanka
Respect them and deserve attention. Thank you for the coverage and research, means beyond words and saving the pictures, really shows how low and true colors of…we all know who.
They burnt 10 million books just because they believed in one book..... Terrible 😔
From Nalanda to NewYork Twin Towers same book.
men are selfish and have high ego
Power of Quran
@@msn4975terrorist Gay religion
@@msn4975mf stupid Idiots
Credits should also be given to XuanZang, who recorded his journey through Ancient India and wrote every details he saw and experienced from his journey to India. His books helped archeologists and historian find the lost history and historical sites of ancient India.
Huan Tsang also visited Nalanda
P.S 😹 it's same person
Lol don't expect that from this Hindu people. They also hate Buddhism success that's why in some period of time they also try to Hindu wash the Buddhism lol. Actually no one has respect for Buddhism only those who follow they had but all the other Hindu superior mind people don't like that lol. Because according to them hindutva so more superior and they even say Buddhism come under Hindu lol can you imagine that they also put Hindu in top. No wonder why this got destroyed.
Exactly We are Thankful to many Chinese travelers.
Bbgrahmin quota people destroyed it
They are one and the same person
Ancient Indian architecture never fails to amaze me. It remains so detailed after centuries. This far exceeds the romans!
It's great shame that there is a railway station near that ruins, named after bakhtiar khilji who burned that University . no political party have courage to change that station's name because of muslim vote bank.
Wtf just because you want it appreciate one don't Playdown other stupd
I wish you take look at the stone curving of ancient Temples you will be more amazed! There are temples build curving Huge stones.
Bbgrahmin quota people destroyed it
That’s possibly because this was way older than Roman architecture.
I am a Christian girl
Full support to Hindu 🙏🙏
I have heard that 40 thousand temples and dozens of ancient universities were completely demolished by the invaders. This is the right time to reclaim & rebuild all the temples.
Are you really Christian?
@@sorenutpal6091 kindly give the source of your claim.
😂 you are some chaddi pretending to be whatever
@@Laukik38source of claim?
We know our history very well mister.
Yes but actually Nalanda University was a Buddhist University. I also used to think it was Hindu University earlier.
It saddens and angers me that so much knowledge was lost, knowledge that might have transformed the world.
No mention of Islam?
Because of peacefuls🙂
Madaras illiterate knowledge everywhere now
Sole reason of me hating Muslims, and above all they are never apologetic about these.
@Hello How is it possible that "they" could destroy Hindu's self-respect for their own culture? That seems like something that one would have to choose to destroy personally and on an individual basis.
Islamists burned books recently talibani Islamists burned musical instruments. Nothing changed
Fanatic Islamic Taliban destroyed Bamiyan Buddha which was their own history . This religion is against Humanity
Yes true
bro top 3 movies/music celebrities of india is muslims (sarhuk,salman,amieer)khan ? what an irony
@@ai.ryan686 they are not Muslim! They dont follow Islam at all.🤷
Islam is a repressive cult. No surprises here.
My blood boils whenever nalanda university is mentioned And the destruction it faced for years!
Who in the right mind would burn a university to show his dominance?
What is even worse and appalling is that some people treat that invader as an "Idol" Or " Icon" , sick mindset.
Yep. That's how some cultures progress, not ours. We never invaded any territory nor showed dominance.
Maybe that's the reason we forgot how to be strong to protect ourselves, we need to be strong and unite.
What about mass killings of Bengalis by Marathas?
@@yj9032 wars happened but never cultural genocide those heinous things only done by peaceful people…
Khilji was a opium addict. Definitely not a person in the right mind. Definitely a person who should be erased from our history.
@@yj9032
Idiotic way of whitewashing is;lamic inv;aders by a convertid.
india will win, India will emerge victorious.
NO, Nalanda is burned by Brahmins with the help of Muslims because Brahmins not interested in Buddha , so the act by Brahmins.
bht comment ho gaye dihadi majdoor now take rest@@Timakiwala
@@Timakiwala prove it
@@Timakiwala Kuch bhi mat bolo, Nasha karna kam karo. Aur Bharat ko divide karne ki koshish bhi🤬
@@TimakiwalaAny Proof or Evidence that Brahmins have Destroyed Nalanda ? Any Proof that Brahmins ill-treated Buddhists and not Muslims ? After all I am a Brahmin and have got my Sister Married to a Sri Lankan Buddhist !
My home is just 20 km away from this great university.
I'm native to this place and I'm proud that my ancestors witnessed the glory of this university.
Are you still Hindu ? They didn't convert your ancestors ?
still govermnet is not changing name of Bakhtiarpur
@@tushar-lf8eu they can't cause if they will then there will be riots
Do you attend this University? Does it rank highly?
@@tushar-lf8eu Bihar must have more important and urgent priorities than renaming or not renaming a bunch of cities,...
I see that's why Indians are naturally excelling on different fields on science, its in their blood and culture! I never knew this part of them.
Nalanda is just 5%of our history.
If you search more, then you will say, why the hell this truth was hidden from the world.
Lol don't know which weed u smoke.
Indians excell in different fields on science?? What a joke.
See our patent numbers. Indians don't stand a chance anywhere.
I don't know how u came to the conclusion "Indians r excelling in science"। Lol
Lolz
@@30secondsbehind80 Radical islamist
Thanks for your acknowledgement, India will be there again soon, You can separate art from the artist but you can't separate artist from the art.
India has everything from physics , math , chemistry , biology, and various philosophy and psychological works.
So does the rest of the countries on the globe, what's are you trying to say.?
@@zema2071 Just trying to understand what is your problem with India?
@@zema2071 india is one of the first to have that, earlier than most wests
@@zema2071 tell me one invention done by your fav Saudi or its 55 slave countries.
and then Islamists invaded....
What a wonderful place! So amaze with what India has done! 👏👏👏
NO, Nalanda is burned by Brahmins with the help of Muslims because Brahmins not interested in Buddha , so the act by Brahmins.
@@Timakiwala तुम कमदिमाक लगते हो और झूठे भी
@@Timakiwalanice conspiracy theory chutiye
@@TimakiwalaHistory can't be changed 🖕🖕🖕
@@Timakiwalano one is stupid enough to believe that
It is not just India's ancient university, It is world's ancient university....✌🇮🇳
Alongside with the Academy of Gondishapur in Iran
@@ShahanshahShahin 🤡👎
@@bibliophile5700 What 🤡👎🏻? Bro search about *_Academy of Gondishapur_* which was build by *Shahanshah Shapur I* in the year 240 CE.
@@ShahanshahShahin yeah but nalanda and taxila is oldest universities in the world
... Even Persia don't exist now👍🏻
@@bibliophile5700 Well actually, the Taksashila, or Taxila in Greek, is the oldest known university in the Indian subcontinent, which was built during the 10th century BCE (somewhere between 1000 and 901 BCE), which is 3000 years ago from today, but the Nalanda University was built only 1600 years ago by the Gupta Maharaja Kumaragupta I in 425 CE.
Funny how people mourn the burning of Alexandria while no ones mourn for Nalanda or countless other universities that India had.
Not just Nalanda, but also Vikramshila, Odantapuri, Somapura, Takshashila, Paharpur, Sharada and the many ancient schools in Varanasi, Vijayapura, Vijayanagara, Kanyakubja, Purushapura, Ujjain, Vidisha etc
@@ak-gi5dr Its sad think how much knowledge was lost. So many manuscripts on history, culture, literature etc all lost because of bigots and worthless demons.
@@dwarasamudra8889 now that's when you take history to heart and not live with the times...if people start crying over the burning of Alexandria,Baghdad, nalanda etc..it is highly foolish of them..history is history..and people should learn it as such
@@ak-gi5dr when studying history, it always make you think, 'what if this did not happen', 'what if something else had happened'. In reality, these questions are useless for today but are still interesting to think about. Moroever, its important to learn these events and emphasise how tragic they were, or else history may be forced to repeat itself. We still see today people burning books and other texts because it doesn't suit their narrative.
@@ak-gi5dr No one is crying to death and taking history to heart can be done while you are still living the things that is happening Infront of you, It is just _acknowledging_ and _respecting_ history while it also inspire people to think about possibilities. "History is history" and "People should learn it as such". It's so confusing that you had said and supported what is being done while also being against it. You are making stories and exaggerating things for your argument.
India has contributed hugely to world and human civilization. Throughout history it has heavily influenced its neighbours - including China, Japan, Indonesia, Thailand and other south east Asian countries. It was a powerhouse in mathematics, architecture, engineering, mining, manufacturing, philosophy.
It had one weakness though - and that was being a peaceful, non-violent civilization with very aggressive, primitive, warring neaighbours to the north and west of it. This resulted in repeated invasions - theft, destruction and pillage - continuing until relatively recently with the latest invaders from Europe.
However, time and time again India has recovered from these repeated assaults and has always come back stronger. India's future, as always, is extremely bright.
Thanks for your understanding of indian history and thought.
Yeah...it's worth remembering where the indavders were coming from...in order not to repeat the same mistakes!
Britishers and Mughals destroyed indian culture and wealth
Buddhist India was not weak. Based on the historical facts Mauryan empire's army grew in numbers and stronger in order to protect borders and maintain peace within the borders. In fact the following Buddhist empires like Shung and Gupta also prevailed strong and successfully fended-off all foreign attacks. From the last 800-900 years is when the brahmanism (or hinduism) began to take a hold and with brahmanism came the division of Indian society. This very division led to the destruction of India's actual and real culture of equality and peace. Divided country then was not able to defend itself from any attacks and it is evident that the week Indians such as, brahmins always ended-up supporting and cooperating the invaders. Khilji's invasion was similar too and brahmins who worked with Khiljis to destroy the jewel of India which was Buddhism.
@@sidman5311 Mauryans was not Buddhist fundamentally. Chandragupta was Hindu but at the end of his life he converted to jainism, Bindusara was Ajivikas and Ashoka was Hindu then right before the kalinga war he converted to Buddhism.
Indus civilization is really vast yet very interesting to know .❤ im very much hooked with their history,culture and tradition.
Nalanda University was not part of the Indus Valley Civilization (if that's what you're referring to); it was part of ancient Magadha. The Indus Valley Civilization had declined long before, around 1300 BCE. They're both Indian civilizations, though. Magadha descended from the Indus Valley Civilization.
@@Net_Fluxindus valley civilization was around 5000 bc
@@riteshbudania1129 I'm talking about when it declined, not when it originated.
Yes, I agree. Please view the UA-cam video, 'Nalanda sangaramma in its entirety. Gautam Buddha.' You will realize the sangarama was 25 km sq km in size. Nalanda was amazing.
Bra-mans destroyed Nalanda not muslims
My goodness i am really amazed to the rich history of India.. OMG Look at that.. Also remember their culture has a big influence to the neighboring Asian countries specially east and south east asia
Influence was also there in West Asia , specially Persia and Greece. And that university is the Takshila University in present day Pakistan . That was there before and around Euclid's time.
@@sanchayansarkar2953 wow that is amazing! thank you for this information.
Was once the richest country in the world, it was reduced to the poorest.
Believe me, Western historians are hiding a lot of things from you guys.
Western civilization were built on ruins of Indian civilization.
There was lot of extraction of knowledge and wealth from india.
If you know the complete truth you will be say. Woow.
If I say calculus is an Indian invention.
Then probably everyone will laugh, but it's very much true.
Search about "Surya siddhant" you will get to know.
It breaks my heart...our ancestors were purest and I m so proud of being born in this ancient land..we will always stand strong and keep our culture alive by our thoughts speech and action
Nice 👍😌
Me too
Lol your culture already fuk#d . Your own hindu people make jokes on hindus gods and make anti hindu movie . Your people leave kasmir for fear of muslime . Muslim gonna make your country hell in 100 years
It's great shame that there is a railway station near that ruins, named after bakhtiar khilji who burned that University . no political party have courage to change that station's name because of muslim vote bank.
@@AnarchistDoc Nalanda Mahavihara was founded by Kumargupta I of the Gupta dynasty in 5th century CE and he was hindu
@@AnarchistDoc Indic culture
It was destroyed by the invaders who were made to idolised and believed the Sun revolves around the 🌎.
Indian Civilisation has never built glory by destroying other Civilisations.
When I travelled outside India and spoke about Nalanda Uni ... none knew it.
Thanks for making this video... just shows how progressed India was in ancient times and hope we build our glory again.
Indian civilization never won serious war
None kows about Nalanda bcz all narrations about it are blatant falsehood.
Will anybody accept it a foolish king travelled thousands of miles just to burn books!! Are the pagese of all these books were of gold?, idiots.
Also dont forget, Afghanistan was a fully buddhist state less than 200 years before the attack!
It's not about glory. It's about serinity and peace
@@Sheen023 yes Abdul
Proud that our ancient university in subcontinent is back to life
Love from Bangladesh 🇧🇩
The destruction of civilization in the subcontinent happened because of Islam
Nalanda was not destroyed by bukhtiyar khilji ua-cam.com/video/SOqxk_ZRmus/v-deo.html
Even Bangladesh has one Big Ancient Dharma University 👍 Keep maintaining & promoting that too...
@@aryanyadav3690 You are talking about which one?
“Various personages involved in the revival of Buddhism in India such as Anagarika Dharmapala and The Mahabodhi Movement of the 1890s as well as Dr. B. R. Ambedkar hold the Muslim Rule in India responsible for the decay of Buddhism in India.[42][43][44][45][46]
In 1193, Qutb-ud-din Aybak, the founder of the Delhi Sultanate and first Muslim ruler in India, left defenseless the northeastern territories that were the heart of Buddhist India. The Mahabodhi Temple was almost completely destroyed by the invading Muslim forces.[43]”
A wonderful thing. Congratulations to India and the students who will attend. We are blessed to live in the age of communication.
India used to be a richest country in the world before islamic and British invasion.
Why everyone trying to whitewash the fact that it was the Islamists who burned it down and killed all budhist monks sparing none.
It's great shame that there is a railway station near that ruins, named after bakhtiar khilji who burned that University . no political party have courage to change that station's name because of muslim vote bank.
@@Hari-vj8oi No, you foolish propagandists . it wasn't your favourite Jihadists but from your own ethnicity Brahmins are accused to this tragedy . i beg you , don't get insane by your nonsensical abusives towards them . it damn hurts their mind in case of unexpected reasons . calm yourselves and do some research . cause you have a lot of to be grateful of muslims . as you know there are things called * History *.
@@wonji5385 Bakhtiar khilji defended india before the raid of Mongols . other wise what would've happen you know at least . so , or what else you expect from this magnificent . Idk , why you people are so ungrateful ? when histories are glorified . best of luck , India .
I'm really shocked after watching this. Imagine If this university was never destroyed how rich information we would have. How valuable would it be. We can find solutions to many problems which modern day science fails to do.
My heart is really broken.
The Ghurid dynasty was a Persianate dynasty and a clan of presumably eastern Iranian Tajik origin, which ruled from the 10th-century to 1215.
@riverdalehigh8r5t Imagine the beautiful church turned mosque in Turkey...
@@soulsurfer639 Yeah, Constantinople turned into Istan-BS.
@@user-lvqk2wdp8sjn Lol!!!
The destruction of Baghdad in 1258 CE, particularly the libraries and scholarly centers, resulted in a devastating loss of knowledge.
Event: Mongol Siege of Baghdad (1258 CE)
Impact: Libraries and House of Wisdom destroyed
Loss: Immense amount of knowledge across various fields
This event is often referred to as the "destruction of Baghdad's knowledge" because of the significance of the libraries and the House of Wisdom.
My heart cries for nalanda 😢
if it's true Bakhtiyar alone couldn't have done this mass damage.. he probably got alot of help from Hindutva and Bjb / RSS operatives to get rid of Buddhists in east India
@@Hanad3 there was no RSS and BJP at that time, andhnamazi bhimte
@@Hanad3 virus detected
@@Hanad3 are u MAD??
@@ArjoRoy-pe6tf No, a Thunderbolt! *Rig Veda 10.23.4* "Indra throws drops of moisture on his yellow beard"
*Rig Veda 2.20.7* “Indra, the slayer of Vṛtra, destroyer of cities, has scattered the b______-sprung servile.”
*Rig Veda 1.103.3* “Armed with the thunderbolt, he has gone on destroying the cities of the Dasyus, and augment the strength and glory of the Ārya.”
Other ancient and medieval universities or centre of learning, of which some may predate European universities are:
Takahashila (600BC-500BC) .
Vikramshila University (800 AD - 1203 AD)
Vallabhi University (600 AD - 1200 AD)
Jagaddala University (1084 AD - 1207 AD) ..
Nagarjuna Vidyapeeth (600 AD) .
Kanthalloor Vidtapeeth(1000-1300 AD)
The date of Takshashila is known without any doubt ? How so ? Moreover, the Ancient Greeks had higher education around the same time. In fact, it was way better in Greece than in any other part of the world ...
What about kanchipuram?
@@DipayanPyne94 no way to measure or compare it realistically speaking
Sharada peeth kashmir
@@DipayanPyne94 Aristotle asserted that objects of heavier masses fall faster than those of lighter masses. Ptolemy asserted that the Sun revolved around the Earth, which is what Jews, Christians and Muslims copied.
The oldest university of the world is "Takshila University" where the likes of Chanakya were trained. Nalanda university cannot be attributed alone to Buddhism. The school taught all the Darshanas or philosophies as well as Vedas, Ayurveda, Surgery, Metallurgy, Rasayan-Shashtra(Chemisty and Alchemy) etc.
Also, this was not the only one to be destroyed by the invading Muslim Turks who wanted to remove traces of anything non-Islamic. Bakhtiyar Khilji, who destroyed the university came after the doctor from this university helped cure the Sultan in Delhi or some high profile member of his family. This is how they repaid the ones who helped save their lives.
Another important fact to note is that this university was supposed to be renovated and revamped quite long ago, but the command was given to a Noble Prize winner Economist Amartya Sen who after his stint had nothing to show except a small locked room.
Also, Nalanda was not the only university to be destroyed in Bihar(and by extension, Bengal), let alone India. Examples are Vikramshila, Oodantpuri and many more. If the Indian givernment increase the budget of the ASI, one will find new things everyday.
I am happy that you included Shri KK Muhammad ji. He is a gem of an archeologist cum scholar.
But nalanda university is regarded as Buddhist monastery as well as university how come they teach or tought Vedas and agamas which is directly opposite to the teachings of Buddha.
Also Alexandria university in Egypt was destroyed by Omar their Khalifa no.2. Many western historians either reject it or even defend the destruction! Read account of our on Bonghi intellectual MN Roy!
@@MrBharanish have you actually read any of those books or just repeat the propaganda vomited by lundtekar who made up his own chutiyana cilt from Buddhism? 😂
Bro it is buddhist University. Otherwise you will see Hindus gods sculptures in the ruins.
@@BM-zd3vs there was literally a sculpture of Lord Vishnu shown in this video.
It is a highly decorated phrase to say "lost for 800 yrs".. How it got lost all of a sudden? Reality is stark - burning the great Nalanda was a sheer act of cultural genocide by a bunch of invading barbarians who wanted to annihilate & desecrate anything iconic of Indian civilization. Firstly, Indians of current generation must have the courage to accept facts as it is.. eventually BBC's will cease to do sugarcoating of such historic events.
You're right....but infighting also took place between various Kingdoms....
Sir the main purpose of destruction is to wipe out the pre-existing culture and impose the new one. And the best way to cut someone from root is to destroy the source of their knowledge
@@aryanhassan4659 When we look at the India of CE 9-10 centuries, Gupta dynasty (which had ruled over an area of 4.4 million km² Vs the Roman empire of 2.3 million km²) had declined & most parts of north India was ruled by decentralised kingdoms. On a wider scale, it was also the period when Roman & Sassanid empires to the west of India had collapsed. To the north, Tang dynasty in China had cut-off trade through the Silk Road. The resource-deprived central asian tribes resorted to violent raids & there was no unified resistance from any direction. In India, they targeted treasure-pots for economic loot, crushed all centers of faith /cuture/learning as a mark of ideological warfare, induldged in extensive slave trade & forced conversions. In this process, what happened was the triumph of the invading barbarians by brute force over a civilization that was far more evolved & sophisticated. The impact was such that the faultlines still runs deeper even after 1000 years in the social psyche. For any real sense of reconciliation, every Indian without exception must acknowledge this fact & pledge to unity by derecognizing the sheer venom inflicted by Khiljis & Aurangzebs (just as Germans commendably did of the deeds of Hitler).
Very harsh. The British were great archeologists. So a lot of research was done on India's past. And great places and people get forgotten. It happens.
Nalanda was not destroyed by bukhtiyar khilji ua-cam.com/video/SOqxk_ZRmus/v-deo.html
Proudly watching this video on the day of inauguration of Nalanda University(campus)❤
It is alive
It was inaugurated in 2014 . Bill passed it in 2010 .
What you're referring to is inauguration of the new capmus
@@ayanmandal7470 Ya sorry, that's what I meant.
What's more sad is that all the ancient libraries of India where all the knowledge of our ancient culture were stored for so many years were destroyed within hours. And not just nalanda, many more universities were destroyed in india !!! India was one of the first nation in the world to have international universities and two national highways in the ancient times 😔
@Mr Wonder
😂😂😂 Truth hurts I understand try your best to spread lies 😂
@Mr Wonder What you have mentioned do you any evidence to prove your point??
@@subhashishbagchi2569only point he is trying to make is to waste your time and stop you from reading the other useful truthful materials.
@@rathoref2336 Like these: *Rig Veda 10.23.4* "With him too is this rain of his that comes like herds: Indra throws drops of moisture on his yellow beard..."
*Rig Veda 10.96.8* "At the swift draught the Soma-drinker waxed in might, the Iron One with yellow beard and yellow hair..."
*Rig Veda 1.100.18* “Indra, who is invoked by many, attended by the moving (Maruts), having attacked the Dasyus and the Śimyus, slew them with his thunderbolt; the thunderer then divided the fields with his white-complexioned friends, and rescued the sun and set free the water.”
*Rig Veda 1.130.8* “Indra, the manifold protector of battles, defends his Ārya worshiper in all conflicts, in conflicts that confer heaven; he punished for man the neglecters of religious rites; he tore off the black skin; as if burning, he consumes the malignant; he utterly consumes him who delights in cruelty.”
*Rig Veda. 2.20.6* "Indra, the slayer of Vrittra, the destroyer of cities, has scattered the Dasyu sprang from a black womb."
Rig Veda 2.20.7 “Indra, the slayer of Vṛittra, the destroyer of cities, has scattered the black-sprung servile; he engendered the earth and the waters for Manu; may he fulfill the entire prayer of the sacrificer.”
*Rig Veda 3.34.9* "He gained possession of the Sun and Horses, Indra obtained the Cow who feedeth many. Treasure of gold he won; he struck the Dasyus, and gave protection to the Aryan color."
*Rig Veda 9.73.5* “O'er Sire and Mother they have roared in unison bright with the verse of praise, burning up riteless men, Blowing away with supernatural might from earth and from the heavens the black skin which Indra hates.”
Looking back, india was the most developed largest undefeated empire back then for more than 5000 years.
But most of it is lost.
India was modern since 5000 years ago.
What rubbish.
@@mudra5114 Except the last line he's telling the truth. You never studied about Indus Valley Civilization in your school?
@@shounen-guy Indus Valley Civilization only covered a small part of the Indian subcontinent. There was no concept of India as we understand it today during Mehlua.
Read mahabharata @@mudra5114
The oldest University was Takshashila established around 500 BC so Nalanda was the second oldest University in the world.
@Mr Wonder K2A
@@86kbp Let him cry can't digest the truth
Oldest Is Sharada Which is in Kashmir Now POK
There are 1200 university in india which were destroyed by muslim are in 800 years.
And 3rd was University of Alexandria, Egypt.
As a Bengali Hindu I feel more pained . Bcs our gaud kings were fighting internally while bhaktiyar was attacking us. Gauda king lost the war and eventually this barbarians destroyed our temples and universities. 😭😭😭 It's always like this internal problems helps your enemies. If cholas didn't attacked that time we could have had made each other alliance and fought with that goon.
That is why concept of nation and nationalism is so important, if you keep thinking regionally then more of such destruction will ultimately happen.
Comes let's study about trues history of NALANDA
Pehli bat - Nalanda university se hinduo ka koi lena dena nahi. Ye buddhist logo ka hai
Dusri imp baat - 450 isvi me gupt samrajya me हूणों ne kiya tha pehla hamla Nalanda University k k upper jiske wajah se university kafi had tak barbad ho gaya tha.
Fir budhho (buddhist) aur brahmano ki fight me Nalanda university ko aur zyda nuksan hua tha.
7vi sadi me gaudas ne kiya dusra hamla. Jo hindu dharm se belong karta tha. Itna zyda dangerous hamla hua ke log waha sw bhagne lage.
Isi hamle me Nalanda University k emarat aur books jal kar khaakh ho chuke the.
Tab ja kar 400/500 saalo baad 1193 me khilji ne kiya tisra hamla. Aur ye hamle se pehle hi Nalanda University khandar ban chuki thi.
To ye kehna k sirf khiljk k wajah se Nalanda university nahi raha. Ye bolna Galat hai
LET'S LEARN TOGETHER AND GROW TOGETHER❤
@@shanayaacademy It was established by Kumar Gupta 1 during Gupta dynasty .
Secondly the language and subjects that they used to teach like astronomy, Vedic logic, mathematics predates Buddhism and founded by Hindu philosophers. And last thing the language used was Sanskrit . Please learn and grow.
Why do you hate Hindus so much. If you have problem with hindus . Remove Sanskrit from the foundations of Buddhism if u can .
And last what is the archeological proof of Hindu destroying the university?
@@shanayaacademyOh wait bro. I checked your profile and you seems to be a Muslim. Oh never mind.
Ye university ki history madarse se mat pad .
@@gauravsolanki4249 are u mad. How can u say I hate hindus. You all are the creation of my Allah. U believe it or don't believe it. We can't hurt you. Our motive should be one. To choose right path. That's it
I've just learnt today about the existense of the ancient Nalanda and its Buddhist studies! The history is just fascinating! Even the view of the ruins is magnificent, though it's sad that the university had been destroyed... Only to think about it...unbelievable, centuries older than European universities. I'm really keen on learning about Buddhism, so now it's my dream to visit the ruins and probably take a short course in modern Nalanda! I'm very proud of the Indians who decided to revive this amazing place! There's a long way to go to reach such world acclaim, but I believe in you and your heritage! Good Luck and Love from Russia!!!
There is taxila university too, in which guru Chanakya used to teach
Spaciba
@@RiteshKumar-pe9vc 🤦
Kindly correct it
Ancient nalanda and it's sanatan studies
Sanatan=hindu +bhudha+Jain's +tribes +Sikh
All together
@@shyamnand1024 BUDDHIST. repeat. BUDDHIST.
Such a tragedy, that this university has been destroyed... Like the library of Alexandria... Why people do such things...
They dont like when others religion progress than their owns
@@saroj3462 The importance of this university, as well as the Alexandrian library, is far beyond religion...
Destroying culture and knowledge reserves is the primary step towards colonization/imperialism/authoritarian rule. It has happened everywhere, especially those places that have seen millenia of invasion and colonization.
@@charumathis5029 That's not quite true. Many invaders have preserved and nurtured culture, knowledge and ancient wisdom. Romans for example not only did preserve any great monuments and books they encounter in their invasion, but also used to build their own great buildings and even roads. Other invaders preserved great cultural achievements, but stole them and brought them in their own countries to display them in museums and galleries. It's far not true, that imperialism always destroyed knowledge and culture.
There were many such universities. Taxila, Nalanda, Vikramshila, Udantapuri, Pushpagiri, Vallabhi. Sharada, Ujjain, Mithila etc etc. The list goes on. The entirety of the subcontinent was adorned with universities before these mlechhaq came
Even entering the Nalanda University was a great achievement in itself! Dwarpal(Gatekeepers) were highly qualified and one had to answer some questions before entering into university premises 😂
What
@@shriharikulkarni2305 in simple terms, you wouldn't stand a chance of getting close to touching the grass of this university haha
Proud to be a part of the culture. Though I am a Bangladeshi but that's our heritage, our pride. ❤️
And now you Bangladeshi are killing buddhist again
❤️
Hindu, muslim, Christian, siks, budhists, Jain's etc......all are part of our culture, we believe in unity
@@giridharm5598 yeah. Our religion might be different but our origin is the same.
If you are feeling regret being muslims come to your roots that is hinduism ,buddhism,bcoz muslim destroyed it
India contributed a lot in mathematics, science medicine astrology, astronomy in ancient times. Just need to revive our glorious past.
Don’t forget the Middle East and Africa.
@@sarahashun1180 we can't forget copy cats
And how exactly are we gonna revive the glorious past . But making everyone Engineer then an IT employee , and the rest into IAS , Government employee. Wow , what a revival.
@@ArshadAli-rp2cn we have third most unicorns in the world
@@friendlyatheist9589 👀racism in India is on a high rn…. Talk about educated people …
Amazing. As an Indian I have learnt about Nalanda as part of my history in school. I didn't know about its revival.
India throughout its history including the indus civilization has been a beacon of toughness through beauty and humility. No western or eastern force could conquer the richest and most diverse culture on planet earth, and today she rightly is moving back to the top , where she belongs.
They did conquer us...the British robbed and destroyed us to become rich....now we're poor and everyone laughs at us calling us smelly and dirty. The amount of racism is mind-boggling.
I mean their ancestors did this to us and they are so ignorant that they have no idea- the irony!
Yeah but China is the "imperialist" one and not India right? Lol😂
Maintaining peace - I think that’s one mistake India has made since ancient times and that is why it wasn’t able to preserve anything of value! Heavy militarization and security of the borders, both physical and the abstract, is important to maintain the peace, unity and things of value inside. It might look cruel and aggressive but unfortunately that’s the key to survival! Look at all the civilizations, religions and countries that do that.
@Pierre In you did not get the point!
Was
But but but....whou would even want to attack you? India just start developing but they have so many people that in case of emergency they should win war anyway. Nobody is stupid enough to attack you because first there is no much to be retaken and second there is too many of you to keep area under influence. India should build security INSIDE INDIA not just on the border. Exept some terrorists and millions of idiots in your own country you have no enemy at this point
@Pierre In don't u have any comprehension! Read what he says before sh**ing through your mouth! Did he say anything about attacking others??!!
@@sajuente8235 Thanks for demonstrating your knowledge of the ancient and present times. Extremely smart people like you are essential for the progress of others. You seem to be polish, I won't comment any more!
Not only in india, it also can find in Indonesia. We connected until ww2 Separating our civilization
Yes through cholas connection
@@bhuvaneshs.k638The Cholas only brought destruction to Indonesia, creating chaos that give muslims to spread and take over the islands, it was all the Cholas fault for the conversion in Indonesia.
Your history only destroy..distroy..
@@anilkharat5084 you need some hygiene brain
@@faridfarhan6553 bro don't you want saria law in your country?
Proud to be a part of this culture, my village is just 5 minutes far from the university. my eyes glitters to see our heritage being rediscovered and rebuild 😻.
💙Love from Nalanda 💙
U r my kingdom gal
Once we will rise our Kingdom before 2035
My village is also 5 minutes from the ruins 🙏
@@aryanhassan4659 😊
Thanks. Buddhism is better than Hinduism.
Are you from Baktiyarpur ?
Baktiyar khilji who destroyed Nalanda . Why that place is named after such a evil man.
The world needs India. Love from the Philippines ❤❤❤
India became truly independent on 26 May 2014 🙏
Yess😎
Indian became slaves again in 2014
why ? i thought 1947
Jai sri ram 🙏🏻🚩
He meant after Narendra Modi came to power, native Indian culture is coming back.
India is great History and culture ....
It's great shame that there is a railway station near that ruins, named after bakhtiar khilji who burned that University . no political party have courage to change that station's name because of muslim vote bank.
BBC feel free to state the name of the criminal who committed the genocide & the destruction of knowledge (in short crimes against humanity), its Muhammad Bakhtiyar Khalji. Don't pussyfoot around it to avoid hurting 'sentiments'....people should be able to take facts & introspect period. That way people can understand what happens when power goes to wrong hands...for those reading this its important to know how this criminal met his end aswell, quoting "As he lay ill and exhausted....Bakhtiyar Khalji was assassinated by Ali Mardan Khalji."
People don't care what happened in 1200 AD. Stop being foolish.
@@srvbhmk265 lol if we don’t care about history , then we are fooling ourselves cause history repeats itself
@@sidjain999 Exactly
@@sidjain999 spoken like a true Hitler
@@srvbhmk265 Some people still try to deny it. Some people see people like Bhaktiyar Khilji, Mahmud Ghazni, Alauddin Khilji, Aurangzeb and Muhammad bin Tughlaq, as the greatest rulers who ever lived. They deny the crimes and atrocities those tyrants committed. Its like people calling Hitler a hero or like how the CCP of China still thinks Maozedong is a hero.
One small correction: Nalanda is not the oldest University in the world... That credit goes to Taxila (set up around 10th century BC).
Taxila was technically not classified as a university but an education center spread across a particular region.
NALANDA was made in 5th century AD, TAXILA in 10th Century AD
@@sasmalprasanjit2764 it is BC not AD..
@@soumyalaha2309 AD bruh
@@lil_lavender8467 BC bruh! Chanakya used to teach in it. Chanakya lived at the time of 3th century BC.
well done India for giving rebirth!💌
Ancient India was one of the greatest ancient country in history. They have almost everything back then
Nalanda wasn't the only one.. There were a handful universities like it in India
Thakshashila...
Vikramshila
Odantpuri
Somapura
A bunch of illiterates, thugs, warlords, slaves descendend and for them a temple, a stupa, an university, a fort, a palace all looked the same.
We not only lost an university, we lost a civilization that thrived on this part of the Indus for almost 2500 years till 12th century.
The goon who led this, is buried in a non descript tomb somewhere in West Bengal, India but this university will rise from ashes.
Nalanda was not destroyed by bukhtiyar khilji ua-cam.com/video/SOqxk_ZRmus/v-deo.html
@Pierre In right
@Pierre In
Their aukaaat was of a beggar... they could ask for money from us instead of attacking.
Bbgrahmin quota people destroyed it
@Mr Wonder
Buddh;ism didn't even born 500BCE.....
We mean namaazi.😂😂
India has great culture and history, and a good future.
Literally made me cry to see this vast destruction 😞
Read about Taxashilla University
It's older than Nalanda
It's also from indian subcontinent
Buddha will again come back,dont be emotional, we beleive in god,god knows everything,
Worst part is that a district near that university is still named after the guy who burned it down.
And if we try to change it a particular community starts protesting. They are beyond reason, simply because this barbarian belonged to their religion. I have never seen them appreciating Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, Azim Premji or other such marvelous personalities as much as do the Mughals and the Turks. They choose these ppl as their inspirations, which is quite telling .
tell me one place in india where muslim doesn't destroy our heritage but still minorities appeasement is really important for leaders and accepted from hindus that we treat them equally
Wat does wat muslims did 800yrs ago has to do with present day muslims in India ?
@@rakeshbabu9884 they support those who destroyed things. The have the same ideology, and we have seen that in recent events
@@rakeshbabu9884 well present day Muslims do have lot to do with it, they support them and their destruction because they were Muslims! Even if we try to reclaim our histroy and talk about destruction we would be called extermist
Their tendancy of destroying property is still exists... We need to ensure that doesn't happen again
@@rakeshbabu9884 true today's Muslim shouldn't be blamed for Islamic invaders I also believe in it but problem arises when those invaders are considered as hero by Muslims. Shouldn't they feel proud of their native culture instead making hero just on the basis of religion. That's what angers me
這是唐三藏留過學的那爛陀寺。我發覺竟然沒有中文留言，就留個言吧。
事實上遺址的發現也歸功於一份重要的中文文獻，就是三藏法師著述的《大唐西域記》。
@@Cantonesian it's destroyed by Islamic invaders from turkey
I'd love if indians and chinese get to access each other conveniently on social media, we have many things to talk about with thousands of years of friendship, ah these politics 🥺
If they destroy; we will build again. If they destroy again; we will build again. Indians build and rebuild. Congratulations for a wonderful effort and all the best.
Where you will get lost knowledge of ancient bharat?
@@pritishm1546 Soecifically for Nalanda, a lot of records of the teachings at the university were taken by International students who studied there back to their home countries. Case in point is Fa Hsien and Xuanzang (I think), two Chinese students who, at different times, studied at Nalanda and took back their learnings to China and set up institutions there where these are saved and stored till today. Based on their teachings at Nalanda, they started entire schools of Chinese Buddhist thought which are practised to this day. Nalanda is very much alive.
@@krishnanunnimadathil8142 9 million books were burned......how could anyone will recover those books knowledge ? In Zuzang's book there is only Buddhist perspective !
@@pritishm1546 There are many other students like him who have travelled to different places and taken this knowledge with them. We may not be able to recover all of it, but we can recover a substantial amount of it.
BBC self-censored itself. It wasn’t explicit that Khilji and Islamic conquest burned down Nalanda intentionally because it was considered Kafir. Truth, no matter how uncomfortable, must be spoken.
Keep crying bhakt
@@yj9032 crying for mentioning the obvious?
@Pierre In He mentioned it in his autobiography
@@yj9032andbhakt tu khud he, pedophilia aur slavery ko manne wale momin
Both hindu brahmans and muslim invaders are to blame
It is so sad to have lost so much 😞 knowledge 😢
there is also a university here in Pakistan known as "shadra university", which obviously looks like a pile of bricks today. we are told that its a holy hindu site. whats the story behind it?
@@user-Rayyan123 are u talking about taksh shila ?
It was also a world famous Hindu University
@@Noone-gz8li no, this one is in a place known as "neelum valley". i have been corrected.... the university is actually called "sharda university"
@@user-Rayyan123 yeah that's hindu University
It was lost due to Islamists!
I visited the university,,Dec 2022,,,remarkable historical feel,,,,,how can one cruel destroy that kind of university,,full of knowledge
Its lose not just for Indians but for the entire world. We would have had a different perception about education system. Our kids would have took g uns, They would have got cracked up, No accidental relation, No academic pressure. Juse pure exchange of knowledge
We had many such universities..all are lost🥺
not lost destroyed by invaders.
@@youtubememeber3318 mostly destroyed by them
Bbgrahmin quota people destroyed it
@Mr Wonder sunga was only ruling small part of india
And jha is not a historian
No one believe in him
In 1006, the Muslim Kara-Khanid ruler Yusuf Kadir (Qadir) Khan of Kashgar conquered Khotan, ending Khotan's existence as an independent state. The war was described as a Muslim Jihad (holy war) by the Japanese Professor Takao Moriyasu. The Karakhanid Turkic Muslim writer Mahmud al-Kashgari recorded a short Turkic language poem about the conquest:
English translation:
We came down on them like a flood,
We went out among their cities,
We tore down the idol-temples,
We shat on the Buddha's head!
[66][67][69][70]
In Turkic:
kälginläyü aqtïmïz
kändlär üzä čïqtïmïz
furxan ävin yïqtïmïz
burxan üzä sïčtïmïz
[73]
Idols of "infidels" were subjected to desecration by being defecated upon by Muslims when the "infidel" country was conquered by the Muslims, according to Muslim tradition.[73]
I belong to a village just 5 minutes from the university. Not just this university but Bihar also has place where Buddha meditated for years, birth place of Godess Sita, Guru Govind Saheb's birth place, Sher Shah Suri's makbara and Fort, Jarasand's kingdom and his death place and the third largest ancient empire of the world-Maurya empire, Nanda dynasty ( Alexander who had conquered half of the World had to return as he got scared of the nandas after fighting a small kingdom of India.)
We have Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Islam and many others. We also have the ancient foreign reserve of the biggest gold mine in the country but government refrains from excavating. I some times feel pity on Takshshila( another big university of the Maurya's) which is now in Pakistan.
OMA..my village is also 5 minutes from the University...🙏💕
Name of the village?
They call it Taxilla now
BBC conveniently avoided mentioning the invaders and the reason of destruction in the description, I guess it does not fit their narrative/ agenda.
Good work BBC,
2:45 onwards
Allegedly 😂tf what is that? It was broken by izlamic invaders! They are the root cause of pain to all other religions in history@@parvadhami980
Are andbhakts literally blind? Can't u see the name of the invader at the timestamp?
@@shubhrajit2117 yes they are blind but not as blind as you are, some historians believe is what the video said, as if we don't know who proudly did this atrocity!
@@shubhrajit2117 "Said to have", "allegedly", "some historian" I have problem with producing a proven and known fact as a blame on someone. also they did no mention the reason behind burning of the library. so yes I am blind to your logic.
The university was in run for over 800 years....That's really a huge time period considering the current time period of living in democracy..It's almost 8 times more...
In ancient India there were three major Universities. Sharada University in Kashmir, Taxila University in Gandhar region of Punjab and Nalanda University in Bihar.
Its takshashila not taxila
There's one more university of that period - vikramshila university in bihar itself. It wasn't as big as nalanda but big enough.
The major univerisities were Nalanda, Odantapuri, Mithila and Vikramashila in Bihar, Somapura in Bengal, Sharada in Kashmir, Takshashila in Punjab, Vallabhi in Gujarat, Lalitgiri in Odisha and the Kerala School of Mathematics and Astronomy. There were also many prominent centres of learning in Varanasi, Vijayanagara, Purushapura, Ujjain, Vidisha, Anahilapataka, Pataliputra, Dharanagar, Kalyani, Manyakheta, Vijayapura, Kanchipuram, Kanyakubja etc
3 major? In my estimation there were thousands which could have been larger and older than what we have found. We just need to keep excavating
And many more in South India but you guys usually ignore it
My eyes glitters to see our heritage being rediscovered and rebuild. May Bhagwan Buddha bless us and this university such that it shines like it did thousands of years ago. 🙏
Mine bleed seeing the abandoned ruins
In 1006, the Muslim Kara-Khanid ruler Yusuf Kadir (Qadir) Khan of Kashgar conquered Khotan, ending Khotan's existence as an independent state. The war was described as a Muslim Jihad (holy war) by the Japanese Professor Takao Moriyasu. The Karakhanid Turkic Muslim writer Mahmud al-Kashgari recorded a short Turkic language poem about the conquest:
English translation:
We came down on them like a flood,
We went out among their cities,
We tore down the idol-temples,
We shat on the Buddha's head!
[66][67][69][70][verification needed][71][72]
In Turkic:
kälginläyü aqtïmïz
kändlär üzä čïqtïmïz
furxan ävin yïqtïmïz
burxan üzä sïčtïmïz
[73]
Idols of "infidels" were subjected to desecration by being defecated upon by Muslims when the "infidel" country was conquered by the Muslims, according to Muslim tradition.[73]
@@Adonis626 It have nothing to do with islam because every conquerors done such cruel acts for example sack of bagdad by hulagu Khan a Buddhist himself, burning of tamil hindu Jaffna library by Buddhist sri Lanka
@@whybother5142 Do you not read the poem brother?
@@Adonis626 al kashgari himself an ex Buddhist
Islam has so much of a problem with books and education.
It was fight between knowledge and religion. Knowledge fought with wisdom. Religion fought with sword. A loss to the world.
Eloquently put
This is real history of india
Nalanda was not destroyed by bukhtiyar khilji ua-cam.com/video/SOqxk_ZRmus/v-deo.html
We will again become the greatest center of learning and economics soon. India's time has just begun.
Sorry It's a China's century
Maybe 2100’s will be India’s one
@@durontooprotiroddho8316 china's century 😂😂😂
@@durontooprotiroddho8316 yeah it's your papa china century in pakistan
@@durontooprotiroddho8316 after Every China, Comes an India.
@@durontooprotiroddho8316 This is not a competition dude. We will make our place in this world, so can china. Even that time as well india and China both were the epitome of civilizations (again not just those two, but I'm only talking about them).
Proud to say I am Indian because we have our heritage and culture which no one can destroy
A famous story of Nalanda University's Physical doctor: Once Bakhtiyar Khilaji (BK) fell very serious ill. All his Hakims(Muslim doctors) were failed to recover his serious illness. One of the Hakim suggested BK call to Hindu Vaidya(Doctor). This Hindu Vaidya was the only hope for your life, Hakim told to BK. When Hindu Vaidya come to Darbar of BK, BK gave ultimatum to Hindu Vaidya I won't eat anything from Kafir (infidels) but if you not did my treatment then I will kill you. Hindu Vaidya was too much feared, after few days Hindu Vaidya gave Quran to BK and told him you just first read 20 pages of this book you will be recover. After few days BK recovered from his serous ill. BK got puzzled he call to Hindu Vaidya for giving him reward, and ask him my Hakim could not done my proper treatment but you have done, how come? Hindu vaidya replied I paste some medicine on each page of the Quran during reading you might be lick each page hence you recovered. BK got very angry and kill him. Because he already threatened him I don't eat anything from any infidels. And BK burnt down all the medical books from which Hindu Vaidya was learnt treatment. BK didn't like any non muslims should have such a medical or other field knowledge than any Muslims knew. All books were written in Sanskrit or Pakrit language which was not usefull to any arabic lipi know people.
Stop spreading lies . Nalanda was a Buddhist University and was run by them as well . There was no vaidya in nalanda
@@sJ-kv2yt I knew it, I was saying Bramhin vaidya was doctorate by reading books stored in the Nalanda University.
@@sJ-kv2yt Nalanda was multicultural University not only buddhist.Both pali and sanskrit was thought in nalanda.
Bhain ki Laure, how does a Hindu Doctor, is a Nalanda story. Some scholars also says, that Nalanda was destroyed by some other community because it was only way to stop the spread of Bhuddhism. Today, you will see the same trend when Bhuddhism is growing.
Source? 🤔
When Islam invades ,it destroys knowledge because Knowledge gives thought, Thought makes you question, Questions create disobedience to Rulers and Allah. so it destroys everything that develops knowledge and education.
Very true
It have nothing to do with islam because every conquerors done such cruel acts for example sack of bagdad by hulagu Khan a Buddhist himself, burning of tamil hindu Jaffna library by Buddhist sri Lanka
@@psychicmaya It have nothing to do with islam because every conquerors done such cruel acts for example sack of bagdad by hulagu Khan a Buddhist himself, burning of tamil hindu Jaffna library by Buddhist sri Lanka
@@whybother5142 no one has done to the extent islam has destroyed the world. Look what happened when ISIS took over middle east recently. Stop your pathetic excuses
@@_oo.monkeypox.oo_3344 Isis and Al-Qaeda terrorist organisation are US-saudi manufacturing
The library burnt for more than 3 months
Almost 9 million books and scripts
Thank you for sharing this most significant educational establishment and historical importance for humanity
It's sad to see some fanatics kings and generals throughout history destroyed the library and institutions such as Nalanda, Alexandria, Baghdad etc.
It's really saddening.
I'm a Muslim and I acknowledge what was done to the educational institutions and library was really terrible and such terrible incidents were done by various other kings too in middle east, India, Egypt, Roman Empire etc.
That is why Arab countries in middle is burning to ground and generations after generation are targets of proxy wars....karma catches everyone
Bhaktiyar khilji wanted the kafirs to study only the Quran and nothing else and that is why he destroyed the university and massacred the monks and gurus there.
Legend has it that one of the monks even treated Khilji through his illness but even so or maybe cuz of ego he ordered the destruction.
If they can remake this a world leading university again it would be an amazing story!
I think it will take more time to india when it comes modernization
WE ARE PROUD OF OUR ANCIENT INDIAN CULTURE 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Anger is one of the poisons in Buddhism. Hinduism too. There's no place for anger or hatred. All things happen by the Law of Karma. We can mourn it but no place for anger or hatred. Instead let's practise what the great Nalanda Masters taught.
The fact that this temple of knowledge is being rebuilt makes me very happy and proud of our rich traditional values!
Nalanda has arisen from the ashes of history. The old knowledge was never really lost. Xuanxang and other legendary students had carried back to China and Tibet, invaluable scriptures, oral knowledge that had been safely preserved in monasteries. This ancient knowledge will form the core of the revived international Nalanda.
Nalanda was not destroyed by bukhtiyar khilji ua-cam.com/video/SOqxk_ZRmus/v-deo.html
But those were just a fraction of all the books there.
Yes. India lost it soul when Nalanda was destroyed. Always It gave me pain when I think about Nalanda. Probably It was the greatest lost of our culture
This was done by the "PEACEFUL MINORITY" for which BBC always takes stand and speaks of being oppressed in India 😂😂
With that cruel act of invasion and setting the library on fire…we lost so many knowledge and informations, we cannot retrieve..it was not just the loss to India but to whole mankind…
Wow! Incredible that it taught students for 800 years, far longer than Harvard or Yale have been around! There's a Nalanda University (or is it College?) in Sri Lanka also...and I know Sri Lanka also had a great civilization in Anurhadapura/Polonnaruwa around that time. Was this also an ancient university, or is the name just in memory? Sri Lanka is a Buddhist country...were any of the ancient manuscripts taken to Sri Lanka when it was destroyed?
There are..... Nalanda was very much connected with anuradhapura. All these places were part of the ancient Buddhist world... I'm amazed by the fact that u were able make the connection.
Sri Lanka was one of the first nations outside India to adopt Buddhism as the state religion, after the Mauryan King Ashoka (who converted to Buddhism from Hinduism ) sent his son Mahinda and daughter Sanghamitra to Sri Lanka to spread Buddhist ideals and values. The ancient Mauryan Empire of India started with the Hindu king Chandragupta Maurya and stretched across almost the entire Indian subcontinent and included present - day Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Incidentally, the capital of the Mauryan Empire was the city of Patliputra (modern day Patna in Bihar) and the original Nalanda University was located in Rajgir, which is only a short distance away from Patna. Rajgir is where the ruins of the vast Nalanda University has been excavated and its a huge place - I have visited as a child.
Sri Lanka might have a Nalanda University, but it isn't the original one which was destroyed by the Islamist invader Bakhtiyar Khilji, who brought Islam to North India. His successors ruled India following Iz. lam.ic holy books regarding the treatment of non - believers and hence, huge numbers of the peace loving Hindus and non - violent Buddhists had to convert into Khilji's religion, in order to survive. In fact, Bakhtiyarpur is a town still present a stone's throw away from Nalanda and probably built up on the ruins of Buddhist and Hindu dwellings and structures. So India is probably the only place in the world, which still has cities, towns and roads named after some of the worst non - Indian and brutal Hinduphobic tyrants of the world from Khilji to Churchill - all responsible for the deaths of millions of Indians directly or indirectly.
@@user-rr5mq4em5w I lived in Sri Lanka for 10 years from 2000-2010 - was a volunteer for Sarvodaya Women's Movement in Moratuwa and then taught English classes in homes in Kandy, and spent time at Buddhist nuns' place also in Kandy. Went all over the island, visited most major sites (though never went to Polonnaruwa due to expensive ticket!) and attended all the major festivals and ceremonies. And read lots of Buddhist and historical books also, as I continued to do afterwards in Malaysia and now in Thailand. Also in India 1997-98 as a volunteer for Joint Assistance Centre and some other small NGOs, and traveled all around there also. So I know a lot about both countries.
@@AMI12349 wow, what an awesome journey...
Hindus only talk about nalanda !!!! Which is destroy by afgani and it's not even Proven !!!!, Bt they never talk about taxila vikramshila sumpurav maha vihara !!! Which is actually destroy by hindus !!!!
Pala Empire was fighting with gujra parthira hindus and south indian Tamil chola dynasty together!!!!!
Its a request to the Indian government to provide the highest level of security around Nalanda University in order to protect the university from eternal illiterates. Buddhist monks should be given free access to this university with high dignity and bring back their lost dignity.
Education should be mandatory for all human beings.
Indians praise Mughali architecture, embroidery and food.
What you don’t know is that this actually belongs to India. Do you see a tejo mahal and lucknowi embroiderey, architecture, mughali stiffed naan i. Afghanistan, iraq or Iran?
NO!
Because it belongs to India 🇮🇳 ❤
When Indonesia had lost borobudur temple in java, buddhist or buddhism in java disappeared too. But after Borobudur temple rediscovered again, buddhism started to revive again.
I have been there a few years back. This place captured my mind like nothing before. When I was walking by the graveyard of the adhyapakas and panditas ( professors) , I felt like I too am a disciple of that great monastic university . I could realize the true meaning of Buddhism , what are the teachings of Ashtangika Marga ( eight folded path) , I realized the magnanimity of our ancestors. 🙏🙏🙏 so proud to be born to this great nation.
These library contained vast knowledge about architecture, metalargy, art of politics/diplomacy etc. Many famous ancient Indian Personalities used to teach here in these University. But sad, the hate towards non muslims destroyed it.
Awesome content. Pls make one on Taxila probably worlds first international university from ancient india.
PAIN PAIN PAIN Yes beyond grief --but it is more painful to learn that some non Hindu groups think they do not belong to this GLORIOUS Ancestry of Hindu Knowledge but belong to Khiljis !!!!!
Let's support govt wiping them out from India who don't respect our indian hindu Buddhism Jainism culture in legal way 🤭
@@pic952 Vedic Religions Buddhism Jainism Tolerant If Islam cN shed Kafirism it will be great reform can ensure peace in Societies they live in and the World at-large
R.T Allmuslim do not approve of what khilji did but they do not feel they belong to Hindu heritagIin iindia it is two or three parallel traditions.We did not have industrial revolution to bring prople together
Abrahmic religions has done so much destruction to dharmic religions.
Destruction by islam in India is not entire abrahmic. Jews and Christians didn't destroy nalanda
@@defence3355 what about british ?
@@krunalpanchal6415 british and other colonial powers were back then we're more interested in looting and exploiting, slavery, imperialism not much into religion because they lost the crusade wars to muslims in middle East and Mongols.
@@defence3355 they converted people in india, spread mis information. Promoted casteism. They have hurt dharmic religions so much.
@@defence3355 learn history first
Portuguese and goa
Christian missionaries in india
Mother Teresa
NGO funding for conversion
Muslim destroyed our ancestors school 😟😟 from nalanda 🙏
Hindus destroyed the bodhi tree and Buddhists also our ancestors..☹️☹️
@@ak-gi5dr The Hindu Gupta Emperors built the holiest Buddhist temples like Mahabodhi Temple in Gaya, Dhamek Stupa in Sarnath and many others. It was Hindu Gupta Emperor Kumaragupta who built Nalanda University in fact. And always remember that the worlds largest Hindu Shiva Temple at Angkor Wat was converted into a Buddhist temple.
@@dwarasamudra8889 good so you accept these things happen in history..nothing to be angry about
@@ak-gi5dr so fits the babri
@@ak-gi5dr what did he accepted
But it is true that Mahabodhi and sanch stupa both are made by hindu kings
And today we got it back ,we restored it back ...20 june, 2024
Wait...was Nalanda University ever "lost"? I thought the site was always known, but it was ruins. I learned about this place being considered one of the world's oldest universities when I was reading about Xuanzang - the Chinese monk who travelled to India in the 7th century in search of original sacred Buddhist texts, and whose journey inspired the classic Chinese novel "Journey to the West". It is good to know that the ancient university is being revived.
It wasn't lost. You are right. It was just left in ruins. Muslim Kings ruled the Bihar region for 550 years. They did not allow for the reconstruction of Hindu or Buddhist sites.
No it was indeed lost. Infact, even Takshashila was lost. Many of these sites were found after deciphering of Brahmi script. Infact in early 19th century, British considered Mauryan Empire and Chanakya to be mythology as well and thought Takshashila was some kinda imaginary place.
Growing up watching journey to the west. :)
My grandmother will tell us buddhist stories from Viranasi. I thought this city was a myth and did not think it existed until I start following India's history.
What a special place.
Can someone tell the population of India then? Was it always this crowded?
@@mananmody9355 I mean that people knew that the ruins were there. They didn't know exactly what they were but it wasn't as if they were lost in a jungle like the Teotihuacan Temples in Mexico
@@dwarasamudra8889 true.
It's great shame that there is a railway station near that ruins, named after bakhtiar khilji who burned that University . no political party have courage to change that station's name because of vote bank.
Do something to change it
every conquerors done such cruel acts for example sack of bagdad by hulagu Khan a Buddhist himself, burning of tamil hindu Jaffna library by Buddhist sri Lanka
Yes
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@hiOOxkr magkis according to peacelam then destroy it
@hiOOxkr magkis Then why destroy it?
@hiooxkrmagkis9323can't accept what your people had done
India is the greatest country there ever will be. It taught the world everything. From yoga to science . Proud to be Indian
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Yeah Yoga, ok... But science, to what extend???
Miracle of the followers of one book.spreading peace since ancient times