Nalanda , with its headquarters in Bihar Sharif, is a historic district in Magadh Division, celebrated as the site of the ancient Nalanda University, a global center of learning from the 5th to 12th centuries. Located along rivers like the Phalgu and Mohana, Nalanda is a spiritual and cultural hub for Buddhists, Jains, and Hindus, with landmarks like Pawapuri Jal Mandir and Rajgir. Famous for handloom weaving and crops like potatoes, Nalanda blends its rich heritage with modern growth ... The name Nalanda resonates as an inspiration to anybody who heard about this place as the nurturing ground of the first residential international university of the world for great learning during the era when most of the other countries of the world were at the very nascent stage of development. Today, even as the ruins of that glorious past continue to mesmerise the present. The district, well -connected by network of roads and railways, had been a cradle of multiple religious evolutions ... Though the edifices of Nalanda were largely reduced to mounds and the great monastery ceased to function in the early fourteenth century—its legacy in the development of Science, Medicine, Mathematics, Astronomy, Philosophy, Logic, Grammar, Script, Book Culture, Translation, Language, Literature, Art and Architec ... Nalanda University was the first ancient school in the world. First time, I felt blessed to study at Nalanda University When I arrived, I always received the wholehearted help of all professors.
