[Buddha-l] Nalanda's library destruction

[Ngawang Dorje]

Hi,

Dharmasvamin did not mentioned about the library at Nalanda. I supposed it was already non-existence by his time.

Regards,
Rahula|

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 From: Dan Lusthaus <vasubandhu at earthlink.net>
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> I have often come across the information that Muslim invaders burned Nalanda&#x27;s library (Ratnodadhi) However, I am unable to find any evidence for this.
Rahula


For an eyewitness account by a Tibetan of how Muslims treated the last surviving monk at Nalanda, see _Biography of Dharmasvamin (Chag lo tsa-ba Chos-rje-dpal): A Tibetan Monk Pilgrim_. tr. George Roerich, Patna: K.P. Jayaswal Research Institute, 1959. He was too late to witness the burning of the library, but his account is a potent antidote to concerted effort of recent times to whitewash Islamic decimation of Indian sanctuaries and monastics -- a topic that has come up on this list more than once.

Dan