Study the picture and answer the following questions:

(a) Identify the building given in the picture.

(b) Who established this building and for what purpose? Where is it located?

(c) What was this building famous for? State the significance of this building and the institution run from this structure?

(a) The building given in the picture is Nalanda University.

(b) The University of Nalanda was originally setup by Sakraditya in the 5th century CE during the reign of Kumaragupta-I. It is located at Rajgir, near Patna in Bihar, India.

(c) The Nalanda University was the foremost centre of education where students from far and near received higher education. It was the first international residential university in the world that housed 10,000 students and 1500 teachers. They came from Korea, Mongolia, Japan, China, Tibet, Ceylon and various parts of India.
It has at least 8 colleges built by different patrons. There were great libraries called Ratnasagar, Ratnodadhi and Ratnaranjak. The subjects of study at Nalanda University were all the four Vedas, logic, grammar, medicine, samkya, yoga, nyaya and the Buddhist works of the different schools.