Shariputra (Shariputra), who was said to be the first of wisdom among the ten great disciples of Buddha, and Moggalana (Maudgalyayana), who was said to be the first of Shinto, are from this region. Both of them were born in a Brahmin class family, and they were born under the famous skeptic Sanjaya at that time, learned the practice of the god of the day Agnie, and were so famous that each had more than a hundred disciples. ..

One day, Shariputra admired the depositional attitude of Buddha's disciple Assaj, who was traveling. After learning about the existence of Buddha, I visited Takebayashi Seisha with Moggalana.

There, they heard the related importance of the pedigree of cause and relationship and the environment, and they realized that they became Buddha's disciples with 250 teachers and disciples.

Blessed with abundant forests and water, the natural environment was wonderful as a place for meditation, so it is reported that 500 merchants bought the private land of the chief of Armra and donated it to Buddha.

In this way, the vihāra was erected, and Buddha also stayed for three months in Ameyasu and was preached.

It developed as the center of the Buddhist Gakken from around AD, and the successive monarchs of Magadha also protected the area so much that scholars began to gather, and in the 5th century, King Shakra Diteya of the Gupta dynasty. Has expanded and expanded, and has come to show the academic style as a comprehensive university. At its peak, it reached more than 10,000 students and 2,000 masters.

The fact that King Shakra Ditia was the fourth generation of the Gupta dynasty, Koumala Gupta I, was clarified by the inscription of the seal of Tecorakotta excavated in Nalanda in recent years, demonstrating the record of Xuanzang.

Bodh Gaya is 245km from Benares and 178km from Patna via Rajgir and Nalanda.

Even in the 7th century, when Xuanzang studied, it was a prestigious university comparable to India, and was a place where thousands of people, mainly Mahayana Buddhism, studied. In addition to Mahayana Buddhism, various Buddhist doctrines have also been studied, including the Brahmin scriptures Veda and Upanishads, as well as Buddhist logic, statements (music), medical profession (medicine), metallurgy, numbers, calligraphy, and magic. It is said that it was truly a school of learning, with a gathering of authorities and lectures held in more than 100 places every day, with a spirit of scholarship that no one would deal with unless they discussed the deep meaning of the Buddhist scriptures.

The president at that time was Sheila Badra (Kaiken), who is revered as the Shohozo of the philosophical school, and Xuanzang was under this master from 631 to 36 years, that is, five years from 29 to 34 years old. He studied yoga theory, Mulamadhyamaka, Hyakuron, and Xuanzang of Indian philosophy, as well as all Sanskrit books that have been passed down since ancient times, and later served as acting president.

Inspired by the enthusiasm of Xuanzang's quest, in the latter half of the 7th century, 26 years after Xuanzang returned to the capital of Chang'an, Yijing Sanzo also studied abroad via a difficult route.

At the end of the 12th century, Nalanda University was also burned when the Islamic army led by Mohamott Ibn Baktyar Khalji of Afghanistan, who was a general of the Girl dynasty, captured the Bihar region, and the scriptures and books were written. Spread the fire for more than 6 months. During that time, Buddhists carried spider scriptures to the mountainous regions of Nepal and Tibet, while escaping over the soil for digestion and remained buried for the next 700 years.

The excavation survey was started in 1916, but the ruins of each faculty building along with the temple tower are 250 meters east-west and 610 meters north-south, and the excavation is still ongoing today, and it will take a century to complete the excavation. Even said.