
Pankaj Lochan launches his groundbreaking historical narrative: "Bakhtiarpur - Story of the Destruction of the World's Intellectual Capital Nalanda"
Aug 20, 2025
New Delhi [India], August 20: On this historic day, Evincepub Publishing announced the release of "Bakhtiarpur: Story of the Destruction of the World's Intellectual Capital Nalanda", authored by renowned corporate leader and writer Pankaj Lochan. Published under the Sanatana Education Series, this book revisits one of the darkest yet most defining episodes in Indian civilization--the burning of Nalanda University by Bakhtiyar Khilji in 1193 CE--and asks a question that resonates even today: Why does a railway station near those ruins still bear the invader's name?
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