Much about Nalanda remains shrouded in mystery. When was it founded? Who founded it? Who studied and taught there? What subjects were offered? How many students and teachers were there? Was Nalanda a university in the modern sense? And what ultimately led to its downfall? Nalanda by Abhay K. unravels these questions, telling the story of the rise, fall, and re-rise of Nalanda Mahavihara. Through extensive research, the book explores Nalanda's contributions in fields such as science, mathematics, philosophy, art, architecture, and poetry. It also highlights the great luminaries who elevated its unparalleled reputation as the preeminent seat of knowledge, as well as the foreign scholars who visited the celebrated monastery.
Broad in sweep and deep in history, Nalanda is a thrilling read that sheds new light on Nalanda and its journey over millennia.
Nalanda: How it Changed the World, Abhay K., Vintage Books, Hardcover, 288 pages, $25.00
Abhay K. is a writer, poet, editor and translator. His latest book Nalanda: How it Changed the World published by Penguin Random House, is a bestseller. He is the author of several poetry collections and the editor of The Book of Bihari Literature (HarperCollins India), The Bloomsbury Book of Great Indian Love Poems, The Bloomsbury Anthology of Great Indian Poems and CAPITALS. He is translator and editor of New Brazilian Poems (Ibis Libris, Rio). His poems have appeared in over 100 literary journals and magazines and have been translated into over a dozen languages. His 'Earth Anthem', has been translated into over 160 languages. He received the SAARC Literary Award 2013 and was invited to record his poems at the Library of Congress, Washington DC in 2018. His translation of Kalidasa's Meghduta and Ritusamhara, both published by Bloomsbury India, received KLF Poetry Book of the Year Award 2020-2021. His translation of the first Magahi novel Fool Bahadur was published by Penguin Random House as a modern classic.
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