[Buddha-l] Nalanda's library destruction

[Dan Lusthaus]

> I have often come across the information that Muslim invaders burned 
> Nalanda's library (Ratnodadhi) However, I am unable to find any 
> evidence for this.
Rahula


For an eyewitness account by a Tibetan of how Muslims treated the last 
surviving monk at Nalanda, see _Biography of Dharmasvamin (Chag lo tsa-ba 
Chos-rje-dpal): A Tibetan Monk Pilgrim_. tr. George Roerich, Patna: K.P. 
Jayaswal Research Institute, 1959. He was too late to witness the burning of 
the library, but his account is a potent antidote to concerted effort of 
recent times to whitewash Islamic decimation of Indian sanctuaries and 
monastics -- a topic that has come up on this list more than once.

Dan