September 13, 2010
Source: The Buddhist Channel/AFP
http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=42,9520,0,0,1,0
Indian academics have long dreamt of resurrecting Nalanda University, one of the world's oldest seats of learning which has lain in ruins for 800 years since being razed by foreign invaders.
Now the chance of intellectual life returning to Nalanda has come one step closer after the parliament in New Delhi last month passed a bill approving plans to re-build the campus as a symbol of India's global ambitions.