Nine Million Books Burned in Three Months In 1193 CE, Bakhtiyar Khilji’s cavalry rode into Bihar and set fire to a complex so vast that it took three months for the libraries to stop burning. Nine million manuscripts, on medicine, astronomy, philosophy, logic, grammar, and mathematics, turned to ash. The monks who hadn’t fled were […]
Category: Great Universities
India’s great universities — their history, impact, notable alumni, and contribution to education and society