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July 14, 2007, 12:54 PM ET
Panel Plans Revival of an Ancient University in India
An international panel met Friday in Singapore the discuss reopening Nalanda University, a center of learning in India for seven centuries before it was sacked in 1193.
According to the Channel News Asia and other news outlets, an 11-person steering committee discussed financing and governance of the university. Planning for the curriculum has already begun. Backers of the project envision a 600-acre institution near excavated ruins of the ancient university, but some archaeologists told The Times of India that the new construction should be located farther away, to avoid disturbing any unexcavated ruins of the old university.
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