the state of bihar in india to visit nalanda, a seat of learning that was first founded around 1600 years ago, making it one of the world's very first universitiesey speak about the huge turrets, 4—storey monasteries and storied — the astronomical observatory, and also about the great university's magnificent library. there are 1,500 teachers. they were all very prominent teachers. there were students from korea, china, japan and many other countries. india lost everything, india lost its soul when nalanda was destroyed. great and valuable books were here on various aspects of life. all of them completely destroyed by the people. archaeological proof is there. after the destruction of nalanda, buddhism declined from india and people forgot about nalanda university, about buddha also. this is the biggest ever excavated university in the whole world. it was in 1811, francis buchanan—hamilton, for the first time, he saw the remains of the university but he did not know that it was a university. it has been completely unearthed and a village has been settled on top. on the basis of that, cunningham how — started to excavate this place. so, the first