One of the "oldest" temples in India was once a holy place for Monk Tang to obtain scriptures from the West, but now it is in ruins

Speaking of India, everyone’s first impression of this hotel should be about the environment, which is dirty, messy, and extremely bad. However, as a country with a long history and profound cultural heritage, it is a good idea to It was also one of the four ancient civilizations in China, so there is also a lot of precious history and culture in India. In fact, Chinese people still like to travel to India to appreciate this country with a long history. However, due to environmental reasons, they have not visited India in recent years. There are also fewer and fewer people traveling.

Buddhism is a religion believed in by many countries in Asia, and India is the birthplace of Buddhism, so India is also a "holy land" for many Buddhist believers. Our country's Buddhist culture was passed from India and was later Carrying forward. So China and India actually have a very deep relationship. When it comes to Buddhism, the most representative one in our country is probably Xuanzang, the Tang monk who went to the West to learn Buddhist scriptures.

We only think that Monk Tang started his pilgrimage from Chang'an and went all the way west to the Western Heaven. The so-called Western Heaven is India, and the so-called Holy Land of Buddha in the Western Heaven is the "Nalanda University" in India. Many people may not know this.

The "Nalanda University" is actually a large-scale ancient Buddhist temple in India, so it is also called the "Great Temple of Nalanda" and is one of the "oldest" temples in India. This temple was also very popular at one time. It is reported that there were more than 10,000 monks in this school from all over the world, and the collection of Buddhist scriptures was as high as 9 million volumes.

But this university was invaded by an Islamic army in 1193 and was completely destroyed. It was a pity that it became a ruin that no one cared about. However, in 1861, the efforts of British archeology finally brought the ruins to light, but now there are almost no believers in the "Nalanda University".