ABSTRACT
115 https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780429267949/a7894cf8-f1be-4da6-a5b8-25af3ccb2a6d/content/inline7.tif"/> Xuanzang's anguish at living in an age inferior to that of the time of the Buddha was short-lived. Not long afterward, four monks from Nalanda, 60 miles from Bodh Gaya, came to take him back to their monastery (Fig. 7.1). Monks from Korea, Tokhara, China, Mongolia, Tibet all came to study there (Fig. 7.2 ). 1 What Cluny and Clairvaux were to medieval Europe, Nalanda was to medieval Asia—a cloister for Buddhists from all over the world. It was also the most distinguished of all the monasteries and universities in India. 2
