CAPSULE COURSE
Offered by
The School of Historical Studies
- Course Title: Nālandā and the Ancient World
- Minimum Eligibility: Class XII/ Intermediate/ 10+2
- Course Fee: INR ₹ 3000
- Course Duration: 6 weeks
- Teaching Mode: ONLINE
- Class Timings: From 06:30 pm to 07:30 pm on Thursday & Friday
Course Description:
The course will explore Nālandā as a focal point of intellectual, cultural, and transnational exchange in the ancient world, situating it within broader networks of global knowledge traditions, Buddhist cosmopolitanism, and comparative education systems.
Weekly Outline:
- Lecture 1: The history of Nālandā Mahāvihāra
- Lecture 2: Nālandā Mahāvihāra – Idea and Identity
- Lecture 3: Nālandā in Ancient Literature
- Lecture 4: Archaeology of Nālandā
- Lecture 5: Educational Centres in Ancient India
- Lecture 6: Nālandā and the Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS)
- Lecture 7: Nālandā in Chinese, Tibetan, and Other Foreign Travelogues
- Lecture 8: Cross-Cultural Encounters: Pilgrims, Scholars, and Intellectual Exchanges
- Lecture 9: Transnational Buddhist Exchanges and the Spread of Knowledge
- Lecture 10: Philosophical Debates and Intellectual Traditions at Nālandā
- Lecture 11: Decline, Destruction, and Afterlives of Nālandā
- Lecture 12: Revival of Nālandā Mahāvihāra: The Modern Nalanda University