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Nalanda U operated for 600 years from 427 CE (!!!) holding over 9m texts [2] The importance of texts from that generation at that scale cannot be overstated [1
by hackernewds 3y ago
Nalanda U operated for 600 years from 427 CE (!!!) holding over 9m texts [2] The importance of texts from that generation at that scale cannot be overstated
[1] https://web.archive.org/web/20220120055253/https://www.patnauniversity.ac.in/e-content/social_sciences/aih/MAAIH53.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20220120055253/https://www.patna...
[2] https://www.myindiamyglory.com/2017/09/11/nalanda-9-million-books-burnt/ https://www.myindiamyglory.com/2017/09/11/nalanda-9-million-...
- fooker 3y agoThe 9 million figure is exaggerated by a few order of magnitudes. Also, think about it in this way: if some of the manuscripts there was the only copy available, were those really impactful?