- Odisha
- rupa tarakasi (silver filigree)
- Assam
- Majuli mask
- Majuli manuscript
- Hygerabad
- Tripura
- 60 tags
- Banaras Thandai
- 6 traditional crafts of Assam
- Asharikandi terracota craft
- Pani Meteka craft
- Sarthebari metal craft
- jaapi
- mishing
- bihu dhol
Nalanda University - An Intl. Center for Learning
- Rajgir Hills, near Patna
- 500 yrs before Oxford was established
- times of Budhdha ➡️ as Nalanda Mahavihara
- founded by Kumaragupta (destroyed by Bhaktiyar Khilji)
- first residential uni
- Hiuen Tsang wrote detailed accounts also student for 5 yrs
- Other Alumni: Aryabhatta, Nagarjuna, Dharmakirti
Rediscovery
- 1812 : Scottish - Francis Buchanan
- 1861 : identified as ancient uni by Cunningham
- 2006 : APJ Abdul Kalam demanded it’s revival
Revival
- contri of 17 countries (china, aus, portugal,etc) — mainly asians
Other facts
- Amartya Sen was the chancellor
- Pranab Mukherjee as the first visitor