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| Name | Why Bakhtiyar Khilji burnt the Nalanda University : The “Real Reasons” and First-Hand Accounts |
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| Video Discription | Why did Khilji kill thousands of monks and why did he put the entire university on fire. Was this result of some misunderstanding or some accident? What do the accounts of the eyewitnesses of this massacre tell us? Do they paint some different motive for the bloodshed and burning of millions of books? Bakhtiyar Khilji arrived at Nalanda University with only two hundred horsemen. The six-storey Mahavihara looked like a huge fort without any beginning or end. He killed thousands of monks and burnt the nine-storey library of the University. At any given time more than 1500 Buddhist teachers and 10000 students used to live in this university. They were caught completely unaware of the coming attack. The next several hours were some of the most shameful hours in the long history of India. Every single teacher and student was killed in one of the most horrible massacres that the country has ever seen. The massacre was so complete that when he asked his soldiers to bring someone who could explain the content of the books, the soldiers could not find a single person alive. They discovered that the entire city and hundreds of buildings spread in several kilometres was not a fort but a university which the locals called Behar. He looted the Mahavihara and obtained a great quantity of plunder. Before leaving the monastery Khalji ordered the library and university to be put on fire. And with that, all the knowledge that was stored in those books was burnt to ashes along with the bodies of the dead monks. The millions of books of the library kept on burning for more than three months. But why did Khalji kill thousands of monks and why did he put the entire university on fire. Was this result of some misunderstanding or some accident? What do the accounts of the eyewitnesses of this massacre tell us? Do they paint some different motive for the bloodshed and burning of millions of books? Let’s explore one of the most shameful events in the history of mankind… Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 2:02 - Eyewitness Accounts 5:01 - History and Significance of Nalanda University 8:28 - Destruction by Bakhtiyar Khilji 9:41- Impact on Buddhism #Nalanda #Khilji #University Credits : File:Timurid Siege of Multan.jpg Page URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Timurid_Siege_of_Multan.jpg Attribution: Mydust, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons File:Konark palm leaf manuscript.jpg Page URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Konark_palm_leaf_manuscript.jpg Attribution: Amshpatten, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons File:Sanskrit written on the Brihadisvara Temple, Thanjavur.jpg Page URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sanskrit_written_on_the_Brihadisvara_Temple,_Thanjavur.jpg Attribution: Matthew T Rader, https://matthewtrader.comv, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons File:Ancient Monasteries Bihar Sharif.jpg Page URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ancient_Monasteries_Bihar_Sharif.jpg Attribution: Odantapuribs, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons File: File:Front view of Vikramshila Monastery.jpg Page URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Front_view_of_Vikramshila_Monastery.jpg Attribution: Deepak Kumar Sharma, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons File:Buddhaghosa with three copies of Visuddhimagga.jpg Page URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Buddhaghosa_with_three_copies_of_Visuddhimagga.jpg Attribution: Photo Dharma, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons File:Painting of Battle of Tarain - Rajput States.jpg Page URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Painting_of_Battle_of_Tarain_-_Rajput_States.jpg Attribution: Amit20081980, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons File:1572-The Wounding of Khan Kilan by Rajputs-Akbarnama.jpg Page URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1572-The_Wounding_of_Khan_Kilan_by_Rajputs-Akbarnama.jpg Attribution: Victoria and Albert Museum, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons File:Maharaja Chhatrasal.jpg Page URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maharaja_Chhatrasal.jpg Attribution: SPVCA, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons File:Nalanda University India - panoramio (1).jpg Page URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nalanda_University_India_-_panoramio_(1).jpg Attribution: Hiroki Ogawa, CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons nmsSz0VlRe8 |
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