"Ek aisi university jahan se poori Asia mein gyaan gaya… phir ek din sab kuch jal gaya."
Oxford aur Cambridge ke banne se sadiyon pehle, India mein duniya ki sabse pehli residential university thi—ancient Nalanda Mahavihara. 5th century CE mein Gupta period ke dauran bani is university mein 10,000 se zyada students aur 1,500 teachers hua karte the, aur yahan China, Korea, Tibet, Mongolia aur Sri Lanka jaise deshon se log padhne aate the.
Par aisi grand university jahan ek 9-manzila library (Dharma Gunj) mein 90 lakh se zyada manuscripts the, wo achanak raakh mein kaise badal gayi?.
Is episode mein hum Nalanda ke tabah hone ki asli kahani ko deep dive karenge. Hum baat karenge 12th century ke Turkish general Bakhtiyar Khilji ki, jise ek aisi jaanlewa beemari ho gayi thi jiska ilaaj uske apne hakims ke paas nahi tha. Nalanda ke Chief of Ayurveda, Acharya Rahul Shribhadra ne Quran ke pages mein herbs ka aroma daal kar Khilji ki jaan bachayi. Par theek hone ke baad, Khilji ne shukriya ada karne ke bajaye apni insecurity aur jalan mein poore Nalanda ko aag kyun laga di aur wahan ke monks ko kyu maar dala?.
Hum social media par viral ho rahe "#BrahminBurnedNalanda" ke controversial trend ko bhi dissect karenge. Kya sach mein 2 Hindu sadhuon ne gusse mein aakar Nalanda ko jalaya tha, jaisa Tibetan monks Taranatha aur Sumpa Khanpo ne apni books mein claim kiya hai?. Kya library waqayi 3 se 6 mahine tak jalti rahi, ya yeh destruction ek single attack nahi balki gradual decline ka nateeja tha?.
Aur aakhir mein, hum celebrate karenge 2024 mein PM Narendra Modi dwara inaugurate kiye gaye naye Nalanda University campus ko, jiska revival ka sapna sabse pehle Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam ne 2006 mein dekha tha.
Is episode mein hum cover karenge:
• Nalanda ka grand architecture aur wahan ke high-level entrance exams, jahan ke gatekeepers bhi multilingual aur intellectual the.
• Bakhtiyar Khilji ka attack aur 90 lakh handwritten books ke jalne ke peeche ka sach.
• Myths vs Facts: Minhaj-i-Siraj ke records, archaeological proofs, aur historians ke beech ka debate.
• 19 June 2024 ko Nalanda ka ek net-zero, 100% solar-powered modern campus ke roop mein rebirth.
India ke sabse bade lost treasure aur uske historical comeback ki poori kahani janne ke liye abhi sunein!