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Wednesday Trivia #25 16-May
Today is a milestone day for trivia. 6th qn credit goes Huzefa!
Dont Google.
1. Which institution's initial motto was Die Luft der Freiheit weht, roughly translated means " the wind of freedom blows". This was disavowed during WW2 when anything German was considered controversial.
2. He was lectured to by Rajaji (C. Rajagopalachari) on the consuming emotional quality of nuclear weapons. The pair discussed spiritual life, particularly reincarnation and predestination. He wrote three pages of notes recording Rajaji's words, claiming in his memoirs thirty-six years later that the afternoon "had such a dramatic effect on me that I used many of his thoughts in my speeches over the next several years." Who are we talking about?
3. In the world of IQ tests what is the Flynn effect (named after James R Flynn ,Emeritus Professor of Political Studies at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand) ?
4. His first name, currently, is an old Buddhist word that means loving
kindness and friendliness towards all. Who?
5. Complete the list: John Howard, Sir Michael Parkinson, Richie Benaud, Alan Jones, General Peter Cosgrove, Ricky Ponting, Greg Chapell, Sir Tim Rice,____________
6. This ancient university was a centre of jain as well as buddhist learning. chinese scholars like hiuen tsang and ising have described this university in their memoirs. they have also noted the presence of several international students, including romans, on its campus. name this ancient university and it's location.
7. This radical republican's work laid foundations for group theory. He was killed in a duel for a woman. Who is he?
8. Pants have become the clothing for most people around the planet. When was the first record of pants created? Who were in that record?
9. Where were the first artifacts of gold found?
10. Sanjaya's narration of Mahabharata provides an important historical information. What is it?
Dont Google.
1. Which institution's initial motto was Die Luft der Freiheit weht, roughly translated means " the wind of freedom blows". This was disavowed during WW2 when anything German was considered controversial.
2. He was lectured to by Rajaji (C. Rajagopalachari) on the consuming emotional quality of nuclear weapons. The pair discussed spiritual life, particularly reincarnation and predestination. He wrote three pages of notes recording Rajaji's words, claiming in his memoirs thirty-six years later that the afternoon "had such a dramatic effect on me that I used many of his thoughts in my speeches over the next several years." Who are we talking about?
3. In the world of IQ tests what is the Flynn effect (named after James R Flynn ,Emeritus Professor of Political Studies at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand) ?
4. His first name, currently, is an old Buddhist word that means loving
kindness and friendliness towards all. Who?
5. Complete the list: John Howard, Sir Michael Parkinson, Richie Benaud, Alan Jones, General Peter Cosgrove, Ricky Ponting, Greg Chapell, Sir Tim Rice,____________
6. This ancient university was a centre of jain as well as buddhist learning. chinese scholars like hiuen tsang and ising have described this university in their memoirs. they have also noted the presence of several international students, including romans, on its campus. name this ancient university and it's location.
7. This radical republican's work laid foundations for group theory. He was killed in a duel for a woman. Who is he?
8. Pants have become the clothing for most people around the planet. When was the first record of pants created? Who were in that record?
9. Where were the first artifacts of gold found?
10. Sanjaya's narration of Mahabharata provides an important historical information. What is it?
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4. His first name, currently, is an old Buddhist word that means loving
kindness and friendliness towards all. Who?
Metta World Peace
6. This ancient university was a centre of jain as well as buddhist learning. chinese scholars like hiuen tsang and ising have described this university in their memoirs. they have also noted the presence of several international students, including romans, on its campus. name this ancient university and it's location.
Nalanda
10. Sanjaya's narration of Mahabharata provides an important historical information. What is it?
Total solar eclipse?
kindness and friendliness towards all. Who?
Metta World Peace
6. This ancient university was a centre of jain as well as buddhist learning. chinese scholars like hiuen tsang and ising have described this university in their memoirs. they have also noted the presence of several international students, including romans, on its campus. name this ancient university and it's location.
Nalanda
10. Sanjaya's narration of Mahabharata provides an important historical information. What is it?
Total solar eclipse?
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10. Sanjaya's narration of Mahabharata provides an important historical information. What is it?
some star or planetary night sky formation? also that this could be observed only from south india? perhaps the latter is an incidence of some other phenomena that was observed and is not necessarily from the epics.
eta: ya, that south india phenomena is some other incident that i read about in sen's, the argumentative indian.
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Silk Smitha wrote:Today is a milestone day for trivia. 6th qn credit goes Huzefa!
Dont Google.
1. Which institution's initial motto was Die Luft der Freiheit weht, roughly translated means " the wind of freedom blows". This was disavowed during WW2 when anything German was considered controversial.
>>>The League of Nations?
2. He was lectured to by Rajaji (C. Rajagopalachari) on the consuming emotional quality of nuclear weapons. The pair discussed spiritual life, particularly reincarnation and predestination. He wrote three pages of notes recording Rajaji's words, claiming in his memoirs thirty-six years later that the afternoon "had such a dramatic effect on me that I used many of his thoughts in my speeches over the next several years." Who are we talking about?
>>>Richard Nixon
3. In the world of IQ tests what is the Flynn effect (named after James R Flynn ,Emeritus Professor of Political Studies at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand) ?
>>>Power of Suggestion
4. His first name, currently, is an old Buddhist word that means loving
kindness and friendliness towards all. Who?
>>>Dalai Lama
5. Complete the list: John Howard, Sir Michael Parkinson, Richie Benaud, Alan Jones, General Peter Cosgrove, Ricky Ponting, Greg Chapell, Sir Tim Rice,____________
>>>Shane Warne?
6. This ancient university was a centre of jain as well as buddhist learning. chinese scholars like hiuen tsang and ising have described this university in their memoirs. they have also noted the presence of several international students, including romans, on its campus. name this ancient university and it's location.
>>>Nalanda, location Taxila?
7. This radical republican's work laid foundations for group theory. He was killed in a duel for a woman. Who is he?
8. Pants have become the clothing for most people around the planet. When was the first record of pants created? Who were in that record?
>>>>Roman times, Huns? Wild guess!
9. Where were the first artifacts of gold found?
>>>India - poompuhar
10. Sanjaya's narration of Mahabharata provides an important historical information. What is it?
>>>Astronomical configuration from which the war can be dated
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1. Which institution's initial motto was Die Luft der Freiheit weht, roughly translated means " the wind of freedom blows". This was disavowed during WW2 when anything German was considered controversial.
Stanford
5. Complete the list: John Howard, Sir Michael Parkinson, Richie Benaud, Alan Jones, General Peter Cosgrove, Ricky Ponting, Greg Chapell, Sir Tim Rice,____________
Rahul Dravid
6. This ancient university was a centre of jain as well as buddhist learning. chinese scholars like hiuen tsang and ising have described this university in their memoirs. they have also noted the presence of several international students, including romans, on its campus. name this ancient university and it's location.
Nalanda
7. This radical republican's work laid foundations for group theory. He was killed in a duel for a woman. Who is he?
Galois
8. Pants have become the clothing for most people around the planet. When was the first record of pants created? Who were in that record?
Genghis Khan or Nizam or Akbar?
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blabberwock wrote:8. Pants have become the clothing for most people around the planet. When was the first record of pants created? Who were in that record?
Genghis Khan or Nizam or Akbar?
LOL. *i'll have to eat humble pie if any of these guesses is actually right*
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2. C.V. Raman
4. Dalai Lama
5. Those who can bowl and bat both left and right handed?
6. Nalanda in Bihar
7. Alexander Hamilton
8. British King Edward who abdicated the throne for a woman (and he wore pants!)
9. Inca artifacts in Peru
10. That there was a river called Sarswati that flowed parallel to the Indus system, that it flowed by Kurukshetra.
4. Dalai Lama
5. Those who can bowl and bat both left and right handed?
6. Nalanda in Bihar
7. Alexander Hamilton
8. British King Edward who abdicated the throne for a woman (and he wore pants!)
9. Inca artifacts in Peru
10. That there was a river called Sarswati that flowed parallel to the Indus system, that it flowed by Kurukshetra.
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1. International Committee of the Red Cross?
2. Richard Nixon
3. The positive impact on IQ of growing up in a multilingual environment?
6. Nalanda, near Patna in Bihar
7. Galois
8. Horse riders is my guess. The Mongols, perhaps?
9. The Fertile Crescent?
10. Some astronomical alignment that helps date the events?
2. Richard Nixon
3. The positive impact on IQ of growing up in a multilingual environment?
6. Nalanda, near Patna in Bihar
7. Galois
8. Horse riders is my guess. The Mongols, perhaps?
9. The Fertile Crescent?
10. Some astronomical alignment that helps date the events?
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LOL. *i'll have to eat humble pie if any of these guesses is actually right*[/quote]
I don't know whether Genghis Khan wore pants or leather skirts, but women of the Kushan dynasty (Kanishka) wore Shalwar-Kamiz or the so called Punjabi dress (their royal graves in Afghanistan prove that - according to a National Geographic issue long time ago). So ther's a Chinese connection to pants!
LOL. *i'll have to eat humble pie if any of these guesses is actually right*[/quote]
I don't know whether Genghis Khan wore pants or leather skirts, but women of the Kushan dynasty (Kanishka) wore Shalwar-Kamiz or the so called Punjabi dress (their royal graves in Afghanistan prove that - according to a National Geographic issue long time ago). So ther's a Chinese connection to pants!
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indophile wrote:
I don't know whether Genghis Khan wore pants or leather skirts, but women of the Kushan dynasty (Kanishka) wore Shalwar-Kamiz or the so called Punjabi dress (their royal graves in Afghanistan prove that - according to a National Geographic issue long time ago). So ther's a Chinese connection to pants!
the chinese should be credited with inventing pants then, brought to us by the yuezhi or kushans! do you have a ready link to that NG article? it's ok if you don't.
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no it does not seem to be a chinese influence. the kushans adopted the dress of the land while incorporating some elements (like stitched fabric) from their nomadic period. the salwar kameez was a greek and persian influence as per the link below. the sari was a greco-roman influence.
http://www.whereincity.com/articles/historical/1671.html
how factual the claims in the link are is not known.
http://www.whereincity.com/articles/historical/1671.html
how factual the claims in the link are is not known.
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4. Genghis Khan
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artood2 wrote:4. His first name, currently, is an old Buddhist word that means loving
kindness and friendliness towards all. Who?
Metta World Peace
6. This ancient university was a centre of jain as well as buddhist learning. chinese scholars like hiuen tsang and ising have described this university in their memoirs. they have also noted the presence of several international students, including romans, on its campus. name this ancient university and it's location.
Nalanda
10. Sanjaya's narration of Mahabharata provides an important historical information. What is it?
Total solar eclipse?
All are incorrect. Sanjaya does describe total solar eclipse, but that's not the answer or context I am looking for,
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Kris wrote:Silk Smitha wrote:Today is a milestone day for trivia. 6th qn credit goes Huzefa!
Dont Google.
1. Which institution's initial motto was Die Luft der Freiheit weht, roughly translated means " the wind of freedom blows". This was disavowed during WW2 when anything German was considered controversial.
>>>The League of Nations?
----------No
2. He was lectured to by Rajaji (C. Rajagopalachari) on the consuming emotional quality of nuclear weapons. The pair discussed spiritual life, particularly reincarnation and predestination. He wrote three pages of notes recording Rajaji's words, claiming in his memoirs thirty-six years later that the afternoon "had such a dramatic effect on me that I used many of his thoughts in my speeches over the next several years." Who are we talking about?
>>>Richard Nixon
---------------YES
3. In the world of IQ tests what is the Flynn effect (named after James R Flynn ,Emeritus Professor of Political Studies at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand) ?
>>>Power of Suggestion
---------------Not quite, but you are thinking in the right direction.
4. His first name, currently, is an old Buddhist word that means loving
kindness and friendliness towards all. Who?
>>>Dalai Lama
------------YES.
5. Complete the list: John Howard, Sir Michael Parkinson, Richie Benaud, Alan Jones, General Peter Cosgrove, Ricky Ponting, Greg Chapell, Sir Tim Rice,____________
>>>Shane Warne?
-------------No.
6. This ancient university was a centre of jain as well as buddhist learning. chinese scholars like hiuen tsang and ising have described this university in their memoirs. they have also noted the presence of several international students, including romans, on its campus. name this ancient university and it's location.
>>>Nalanda, location Taxila?
---------------No
7. This radical republican's work laid foundations for group theory. He was killed in a duel for a woman. Who is he?
8. Pants have become the clothing for most people around the planet. When was the first record of pants created? Who were in that record?
>>>>Roman times, Huns? Wild guess!
-------------No
9. Where were the first artifacts of gold found?
>>>India - poompuhar
--------------No
10. Sanjaya's narration of Mahabharata provides an important historical information. What is it?
>>>Astronomical configuration from which the war can be dated
---------------No.
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blabberwock wrote:1. Which institution's initial motto was Die Luft der Freiheit weht, roughly translated means " the wind of freedom blows". This was disavowed during WW2 when anything German was considered controversial.
Stanford
------------YES.5. Complete the list: John Howard, Sir Michael Parkinson, Richie Benaud, Alan Jones, General Peter Cosgrove, Ricky Ponting, Greg Chapell, Sir Tim Rice,____________
Rahul Dravid
-------------YES6. This ancient university was a centre of jain as well as buddhist learning. chinese scholars like hiuen tsang and ising have described this university in their memoirs. they have also noted the presence of several international students, including romans, on its campus. name this ancient university and it's location.
Nalanda
-----------------No.7. This radical republican's work laid foundations for group theory. He was killed in a duel for a woman. Who is he?
Galois
----------------YES.8. Pants have become the clothing for most people around the planet. When was the first record of pants created? Who were in that record?
Genghis Khan or Nizam or Akbar?
----------------Lol, No but according to some school of thought Genghis Khan bought pants to west.
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indophile wrote:2. C.V. Raman
NO.
4. Dalai Lama
YES.
5. Those who can bowl and bat both left and right handed?
No
6. Nalanda in Bihar
No
7. Alexander Hamilton
No.
8. British King Edward who abdicated the throne for a woman (and he wore pants!)
No
9. Inca artifacts in Peru
No
10. That there was a river called Sarswati that flowed parallel to the Indus system, that it flowed by Kurukshetra.
No, it it is something else. I am surprised you didnt get this.
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What you said is correct, but am looking for a different answer.panini press wrote:1. International Committee of the Red Cross?
----------No
2. Richard Nixon
----------Yes
3. The positive impact on IQ of growing up in a multilingual environment?
----------No
6. Nalanda, near Patna in Bihar
-----------No
7. Galois
------------YES
8. Horse riders is my guess. The Mongols, perhaps?
---------------First half is corrrect, but its not Mongols.
9. The Fertile Crescent?
----------------No
10. Some astronomical alignment that helps date the events?
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blabberwock wrote:#4 is Dalai Lama?
Yes.
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Is #6 Takshashila then?
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panini press wrote:4. Genghis Khan
The name or title Dalai Lama in Mongolian may also have derived originally from the title taken by Temüjin or Genghis Khan when he was proclaimed emperor of a united Mongolia during 1206. Temüjin took the name Čingis Qāghan or "oceanic sovereign", the anglicized version of which is Genghis Khan.[6]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalai_Lama
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For #10, are you looking at the detailed listing of the various kingdoms and republics from all over the subcontinent at the time? (One of them is the Andhras -- which I believe is the earliest reference to the Telugu people in a literary work.)
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Hahaha! How did Chingis Kagan become Dalai Lama though?blabberwock wrote:panini press wrote:4. Genghis Khan
The name or title Dalai Lama in Mongolian may also have derived originally from the title taken by Temüjin or Genghis Khan when he was proclaimed emperor of a united Mongolia during 1206. Temüjin took the name Čingis Qāghan or "oceanic sovereign", the anglicized version of which is Genghis Khan.[6]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalai_Lama
Edit: never mind. I guess Dalai Lama in Tibetan has a similar meaning to Chingis Kagan in Mongolian.
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For #8, my next guess is the Huns.
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Silk Smitha wrote:blabberwock wrote:#4 is Dalai Lama?
Yes.
You mean Tenzin Gyatso? or the word "Dalai"?
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blabberwock wrote:Silk Smitha wrote:blabberwock wrote:#4 is Dalai Lama?
Yes.
You mean Tenzin Gyatso? or the word "Dalai"?
I thought Dalai. Now I am not quite sure. This was a qn from a quiz contest I attended a few weeks back. Let me research some more.
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Today is a milestone day for trivia. 6th qn credit goes Huzefa!
Dont Google.
1. Which institution's initial motto was Die Luft der Freiheit weht, roughly translated means " the wind of freedom blows". This was disavowed during WW2 when anything German was considered controversial.
>>>>>>>>STANFORD
2. He was lectured to by Rajaji (C. Rajagopalachari) on the consuming emotional quality of nuclear weapons. The pair discussed spiritual life, particularly reincarnation and predestination. He wrote three pages of notes recording Rajaji's words, claiming in his memoirs thirty-six years later that the afternoon "had such a dramatic effect on me that I used many of his thoughts in my speeches over the next several years." Who are we talking about?
>>>>>>RICHARD NIXON.
3. In the world of IQ tests what is the Flynn effect (named after James R Flynn ,Emeritus Professor of Political Studies at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand) ?
>>>>>>>>>>>>Flynn effect is that memorization and repeated testing can improve your scores.
4. His first name, currently, is an old Buddhist word that means loving
kindness and friendliness towards all. Who?
>>>>>>>>>Dalai Lama. Dalai means ocean. This is an invalid qn.
5. Complete the list: John Howard, Sir Michael Parkinson, Richie Benaud, Alan Jones, General Peter Cosgrove, Ricky Ponting, Greg Chapell, Sir Tim Rice,____________
Rahul DRavid. The list of folks who spoke at Don Bradman's Oration.
6. This ancient university was a centre of jain as well as buddhist learning. chinese scholars like hiuen tsang and ising have described this university in their memoirs. they have also noted the presence of several international students, including romans, on its campus. name this ancient university and it's location.
>>>>>>>>>Vallabhi University. I admit this question could have been better worded.
7. This radical republican's work laid foundations for group theory. He was killed in a duel for a woman. Who is he?
>>>>>>>>Evariste Galois.
8. Pants have become the clothing for most people around the planet. When was the first record of pants created? Who were in that record?
>>>>>>>>>>>>Iranian horsemen in 6th century BCE.
9. Where were the first artifacts of gold found?
>>>>>>>>>>>First gold artifacts were found in Nahal Kana cave that are dated to copper age approximately 7000 years ago. Some artifacts form Varna Necropolis from Lake Varna in Bulgaria were dated to be from 4th millennium bc.
10. Sanjaya's narration of Mahabharata provides an important historical information. What is it?
>>>>>>>>>>>>He gave a list of kingdoms, tribes, provinces in the Indian Sub-continent.
Dont Google.
1. Which institution's initial motto was Die Luft der Freiheit weht, roughly translated means " the wind of freedom blows". This was disavowed during WW2 when anything German was considered controversial.
>>>>>>>>STANFORD
2. He was lectured to by Rajaji (C. Rajagopalachari) on the consuming emotional quality of nuclear weapons. The pair discussed spiritual life, particularly reincarnation and predestination. He wrote three pages of notes recording Rajaji's words, claiming in his memoirs thirty-six years later that the afternoon "had such a dramatic effect on me that I used many of his thoughts in my speeches over the next several years." Who are we talking about?
>>>>>>RICHARD NIXON.
3. In the world of IQ tests what is the Flynn effect (named after James R Flynn ,Emeritus Professor of Political Studies at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand) ?
>>>>>>>>>>>>Flynn effect is that memorization and repeated testing can improve your scores.
4. His first name, currently, is an old Buddhist word that means loving
kindness and friendliness towards all. Who?
>>>>>>>>>Dalai Lama. Dalai means ocean. This is an invalid qn.
5. Complete the list: John Howard, Sir Michael Parkinson, Richie Benaud, Alan Jones, General Peter Cosgrove, Ricky Ponting, Greg Chapell, Sir Tim Rice,____________
Rahul DRavid. The list of folks who spoke at Don Bradman's Oration.
6. This ancient university was a centre of jain as well as buddhist learning. chinese scholars like hiuen tsang and ising have described this university in their memoirs. they have also noted the presence of several international students, including romans, on its campus. name this ancient university and it's location.
>>>>>>>>>Vallabhi University. I admit this question could have been better worded.
7. This radical republican's work laid foundations for group theory. He was killed in a duel for a woman. Who is he?
>>>>>>>>Evariste Galois.
8. Pants have become the clothing for most people around the planet. When was the first record of pants created? Who were in that record?
>>>>>>>>>>>>Iranian horsemen in 6th century BCE.
9. Where were the first artifacts of gold found?
>>>>>>>>>>>First gold artifacts were found in Nahal Kana cave that are dated to copper age approximately 7000 years ago. Some artifacts form Varna Necropolis from Lake Varna in Bulgaria were dated to be from 4th millennium bc.
10. Sanjaya's narration of Mahabharata provides an important historical information. What is it?
>>>>>>>>>>>>He gave a list of kingdoms, tribes, provinces in the Indian Sub-continent.
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PseudoIntellectual wrote:
6. This ancient university was a centre of jain as well as buddhist learning. chinese scholars like hiuen tsang and ising have described this university in their memoirs. they have also noted the presence of several international students, including romans, on its campus. name this ancient university and it's location.
>>>>>>>>>Vallabhi University. I admit this question could have been better worded.
vallabhi university, gujarat.
there are no ruins of vallabhi university (or university town) or they have not been discovered yet. we know of it only through the memoirs of the chinese scholars and jain and buddhist texts. the chinese scholars have described it as a seat of learning at par with nalanda. the presence of romans in the university is attributable to the existence of a trade route with rome through the gulf of khambat then. nalanda had tibetans, SE asians and chinese and possibly a few greeks in its international student population. taxila too had the same sort of international community with the inclusion of indo greeks and parthians and central asians i guess. a large population of romans would have been peculiar to vallabhi i think.
nalanda was founded as a buddhist monastery. taxila started as a hindu centre of learning. vallabhi started as a jain centre of learning.
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Good question! Nice set, PI.Huzefa Kapasi wrote:PseudoIntellectual wrote:
6. This ancient university was a centre of jain as well as buddhist learning. chinese scholars like hiuen tsang and ising have described this university in their memoirs. they have also noted the presence of several international students, including romans, on its campus. name this ancient university and it's location.
>>>>>>>>>Vallabhi University. I admit this question could have been better worded.
vallabhi university, gujarat.
there are no ruins of vallabhi university (or university town) or they have not been discovered yet. we know of it only through the memoirs of the chinese scholars and jain and buddhist texts. the chinese scholars have described it as a seat of learning at par with nalanda. the presence of romans in the university is attributable to the existence of a trade route with rome through the gulf of khambat then. nalanda had tibetans, SE asians and chinese and possibly a few greeks in its international student population. taxila too had the same sort of international community with the inclusion of indo greeks and parthians and central asians i guess. a large population of romans would have been peculiar to vallabhi i think.
nalanda was founded as a buddhist monastery. taxila started as a hindu centre of learning. vallabhi started as a jain centre of learning.
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