In his book Nalanda, poet-diplomat Abhay K reconstructs the legacy of ancient India's renowned center of learning that predated European universities like Oxford and Cambridge by centuries. The book ...

New Delhi: The culture of debate was one of the greatest achievements of Nalanda University when the Indian learning hub was in its prime more than a thousand years ago, said Alok Bansal, director of ...

He visited the Asgiri Gedige Rajamaha Vihara and paid a courtesy call on the Most Venerable Wedaruwe Upali Thero, the Anunayake of the Asgiri Chapter. The prelate, who praised the programme ...

Founded in 427 A.D. by Buddhist monks at the time of Kumaragupta I (415-455 A.D.), Nalanda was an extraordinary centre of learning for seven centuries. The name probably comes from a combination ...

Established in 427 CE, Nalanda University in present-day Bihar, was home to one of the world’s first great universities, thriving centuries before Oxford and Harvard. However, its foundation dates ...

“If history is continuity and discontinuity, resolution and catastrophe, it is also surprise and unanimity; a total fascist state that in January 1933 was highly contested and rather improbable was ...

Meanwhile releasing the book” Gal Pilimaya “ written by Anunuayake of Asgiri Chapter Ven.Vendaruwe Upali Thero was held under the patronage of the President at Asgiri Gedige Raja Maha Vihara today.

The Tooth Relic was temporarily deposited in the Gedige Vihara of the Asgiri Temple last night until it is taken back to the Maligava (Temple of the Tooth Relic) today. At about 3am today the ...