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India's Nalanda Buddhist University Reopens 800 Years After Being Destroyed

India's Nalanda Buddhist University Reopens 800 Years After Being Destroyed
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Tourists walk at the ruins of the Nalanda University at Nalanda, India, July 5, 2006. For years, those tourists were largely people who grew up Buddhist, often in Japan, Thailand or Sri Lanka. But increasingly, Buddhism's appeal has spread to the West, where the Buddha's teachings about nonviolence and spiritualism have been melded with beliefs ranging from Judaism to atheism. (AP Photo/Prashant Ravi)
Tourists walk at the ruins of the Nalanda University at Nalanda, India, July 5, 2006. For years, those tourists were largely people who grew up Buddhist, often in Japan, Thailand or Sri Lanka. But increasingly, Buddhism's appeal has spread to the West, where the Buddha's teachings about nonviolence and spiritualism have been melded with beliefs ranging from Judaism to atheism. (AP Photo/Prashant Ravi)

PATNA: The revived Nalanda University, an ancient international centre for learning in Bihar which has attracted over 1,000 applications from around the world, will begin its first academic session from September 1 with 15 students, including five women, and 10 faculty members, its vice-chancellor said.

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