Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://mypepack.gophersport.com/video/?vid=1GPrX98mfT5 Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Oxford Is 900 Years Old. India Built a University 700 Years Earlier shorts nalanda university [hKfdJglOzwg] Health Updated on August 07, 2026 EDT — Published on August 07, 2026 EDT Nalanda, ancient India, founded around 427 CE: up to 10,000 students, dormitories, entrance exams, and a library so vast it was called Dharmaganja — with the nine-storey Ratnodadhi, the "Ocean of Jewels." Students travelled from China, Korea, Tibet and Persia to study there. For seven centuries it was the greatest centre of learning on Earth. Then, in 1193, invading forces burned it down. Tradition says the library smouldered for months. The campus sank beneath the soil and was forgotten for some 600 years — until archaeologists, guided by the detailed travel records of the Chinese monk Xuanzang, began to dig. Brick by brick the lost university emerged. In 2016 UNESCO declared it a World Heritage site — and in 2014, a new Nalanda University reopened near the ancient ruins. Campus. Dorms. Exams. Degrees. Everything your university does today, India was doing 1,500 years ago. Follow The Civilization Lens for the forgotten ideas that shaped humanity. 🏛️ #india #nalanda #university #history #ancienthistory #didyouknow #shorts OBJzJEgAdEe Ea2TO8rspvD BVwBjSepGb6 45eoDYRIiHy ZVf5YKLNU6E
Nalanda, ancient India, founded around 427 CE: up to 10,000 students, dormitories, entrance exams, and a library so vast it was called Dharmaganja — with the nine-storey Ratnodadhi, the "Ocean of Jewels." Students travelled from China, Korea, Tibet and Persia to study there. For seven centuries it was the greatest centre of learning on Earth. Then, in 1193, invading forces burned it down. Tradition says the library smouldered for months. The campus sank beneath the soil and was forgotten for some 600 years — until archaeologists, guided by the detailed travel records of the Chinese monk Xuanzang, began to dig. Brick by brick the lost university emerged. In 2016 UNESCO declared it a World Heritage site — and in 2014, a new Nalanda University reopened near the ancient ruins. Campus. Dorms. Exams. Degrees. Everything your university does today, India was doing 1,500 years ago. Follow The Civilization Lens for the forgotten ideas that shaped humanity. 🏛️ #india #nalanda #university #history #ancienthistory #didyouknow #shorts OBJzJEgAdEe Ea2TO8rspvD BVwBjSepGb6 45eoDYRIiHy ZVf5YKLNU6E