Comments on: Top 10 Oldest Universities in the World: Ancient Colleges http://collegestats.org/articles/2009/12/top-10-oldest-universities-in-the-world-ancient-colleges/ Articles Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:33:32 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: jabbarsingh http://collegestats.org/articles/2009/12/top-10-oldest-universities-in-the-world-ancient-colleges/#comment-24 jabbarsingh Wed, 23 Dec 2009 04:44:16 +0000 http://collegestats.org/articles/?p=104#comment-24 What about Nalanda university? I know it was demolished by invaders in 1197CE. However, I want to discuss on the argument "the university as an autonomous self-governing institution first was developed as religious institutions (madrasahs) that originated in the medieval Islamic world" Nalanda was founded in 427CE. It was residential university which accommodated over 10,000 students and 2,000 teachers. Also, it was not a religious university. From Wikepedia "Students studied science, astronomy, medicine, and logic as diligently as they applied themselves to metaphysics, philosophy, Samkhya, Yoga-shastra, the Veda, and the scriptures of Buddhism. They studied foreign philosophy likewise" What about Nalanda university? I know it was demolished by invaders in 1197CE. However, I want to discuss on the argument “the university as an autonomous self-governing institution first was developed as religious institutions (madrasahs) that originated in the medieval Islamic world”

Nalanda was founded in 427CE. It was residential university which accommodated over 10,000 students and 2,000 teachers. Also, it was not a religious university. From Wikepedia “Students studied science, astronomy, medicine, and logic as diligently as they applied themselves to metaphysics, philosophy, Samkhya, Yoga-shastra, the Veda, and the scriptures of Buddhism. They studied foreign philosophy likewise”

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