[Buddha-l] Nalanda photos

[Dan Lusthaus]

A site with photos of Nalanda's ruins includes this in the intro to the 
pictures:

"...in 1193, the Nalanda University was sacked by the fanatic Bakhtiyar 
Khilji, a Turk during the period of Muslim conquest in India. The Persian 
historian Minhaj-i-Siraj, in his chronicle the Tabaqat-I-Nasiri, reported 
that thousands of monks were burned alive and thousands beheaded as Khilji 
tried his best to uproot Buddhism the burning of the library continued for 
several months."

http://lilkunjbigworld.wordpress.com/2013/04/16/day-1130-the-ruins-of-nalanda-bihar-photofest/

Have a look. (There are also other sites posting pictures of Nalanda as 
well -- google it).

Additional sites, showing that none of this should be unknown or esoteric 
information:

http://mountainzendoandhealingcenter.com/blog/2012/09/30/nalanda-university/

http://aaryvinod.blogspot.com/2013/03/nalanda-world-first-international.html


A more detailed version of the story about asking about the contents of the 
Nalanda library gives a more sinister, less ironic account. Bakhtiyar Khilji 
asked: "Is there a Qur'an in this library?" and when he was told no, he 
ordered that the place be torched.

Dan