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Sitting under the shade of a soulk tree in Niranda, an ancient (bc) university that taught buddhist monks subjects ranging from medicine and philosophy to astronomy and metaphysics. Mahayan (sp) buddhism originated here, taking firm root in Tibet. As I write this, a few local gents (I use that term loosely) including a security guard, have joined me at this bench.... After a few photos, a squirt of deet to my ankles and those of one of my bench visitors, and hand to heart exchanges of namaste I was on my merry way with nary a glitch. The others are being pestered for money and food. Anyhow, it's something to think of this site being such an academic force in its day. Destroyed by muslim warriors, it's said the library with its volumes of work burned for some six months.
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