New Delhi, April 9 -- The India International Center in New Delhi hosted a discussion on author Abhay K's new book Nalanda: How it Changed the World, with Abhay K in conversation with William Dalrymple, moderated by Arpan Tulsyan.

During the discussion, Abhay K said that he wrote the book because he hails from Nalanda and thought it was his responsibility to give a detailed and comprehensive account of the history of Nalanda in an easy-to-read narrative format which could be accessible to all.

He shared that he did not know much about Nalanda, though he was born there. Talking about the book, he said, as the book title suggests, the focus of the book is on the contributions made by Nalanda Mahavihara, which have shaped our world, which ...