Ego boils ur gut...when you cant accept good part of great people: Why the great Nalanda University was burnt down... It is said that Bakhtiyar Khilji had fallen sick and doctors in his court failed to cure him. Then, someone advised him to get himself cured by Rahul Sri Bhadra, the principal of Nalanda University. Khilji was too proud of his Islamic culture and refused to get himself treated by a person outside his religion. But his health worsened and he was left with no other option but to invite Bhadra from Nalanda. But Khilji put a condition and asked Bhadra to cure him without any medicines. Bhadra then asked Khilji to read some pages from the Koran as a remedy to his illness and to everyone’s surprise Khilji was cured. Disturbed by the fact that an Indian scholar and teacher knew more than the doctors of his court, Khilji decided to destroy the roots of knowledge, Buddhism and Ayurveda, from the country. He set fire to the great library of Nalanda and burned down nearly 9 million manuscripts. The library was so vast and strong that it took three months to completely destroy it. The Turkish invaders also murdered monks and scholars in the university. - See more at: thebetterindia/13918/ancient-nalanda-university-reopens-monday-know-lesser-known-facts-great-university/#sthash.ItfEPUyn.dpuf
Posted on: Tue, 02 Sep 2014 11:04:33 +0000
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