Chapter 182: Class
Anil Sha said it easily, the twenty-kilometer journey seemed to be coming quickly, but in fact, when they actually got on the road, they realized that this was actually very fast.
First of all, the road conditions are really bad, the bumps along the way make people's butts hurt, and when they enter the city, the noisy streets in front of them are even more eye-opening!
Not to mention the narrow streets, there are so many motorcycles, tricycles and cars rushing to the road, as for the traffic lights or something, what is that?
Jiang Fan even saw that there were still a few cows walking leisurely on the side of the street, but the people next to him turned a blind eye.
Well, he knows that cattle have a special status in India, and ordinary people don't dare to provoke them at all, but the cows have stuck their heads on the vegetable stalls over there to nibble on the vegetables, and the stall owner is still excited.
The other classmates obviously noticed it too, and there was a lot of discussion.
Anil Sha took the initiative to be a tour guide, introducing the students to the scenery of the street, such as the history of a certain building, where are the famous monuments, what the building over there does, etc., looking at his proud face, it is obvious that he is really proud.
Well, India is indeed an ancient civilization, and it is older than China in terms of the source of civilization. But the Nima Indian civilization is in decline in the later period, and it is about to be bullied and destroyed, and it is all thanks to the pity of the British to restore its independence, what is there to be proud of?
But Jiang Fan only despised it in his heart, and it was impossible to say it.
And look at the buildings on both sides are also uneven, there are relatively modern concrete buildings, more are all kinds of adobe houses, stone houses and even civil engineering houses and shanty houses. Even Jiang Fan saw a few dilapidated thatched houses hiding in the corners, and there seemed to be people inside.
is so dilapidated, let alone the capital in China, it is difficult to see it in the countryside.
The bus crawled through the crowd at a rapid pace, and by the time it reached the University of New Delhi, it was already past three o'clock in the afternoon.
In the high temperature of more than 40 degrees at noon, the temperature in the bus can bake eggs, and the temperature of the air conditioner is better than nothing, making all the students sweat hot.
However, Jiang Fan and Tang Xue are not among them, both of them have foundations, especially Jiang Fan is even more invasive to enter the body, this heat is the same as nothing for him.
But in order not to look special, he still forced out a sweat.
"Hey, the University of Delhi isn't bad!"
When everyone got out of the car and saw the style of Delhi University, Tang Xue was surprised.
It's really not bad, which Jiang Fan was also surprised by.
The buildings he saw along the way were poor and he already had preconceived ideas, but the University of Delhi surprised him a little.
First of all, the environment is better than the outside, I don't know how much, clean and tidy, green trees. There are also clusters of fountains on the playground, and the mist that shoots out is drifting in the wind, bringing a hint of coolness.
The majestic wind brought the laughter of the students in the shade of the trees, and even some male and female students sat together and said something to each other, looking intimate.
"It doesn't feel worse than our country. ”
Tang Xue couldn't help but say to Jiang Fan.
Jiang Fan nodded, but didn't say anything.
"Let's go to Professor Gooland, who is in charge of your exchange and study. Anil laughed.
The group followed him to a red brick and stone building, which looked old but not decadent.
Tang Xue and the others sent a representative in, and after a while, a very energetic Indian professor walked out, greeted Jiang Fan and them warmly, and spoke much more standard English than Anil.
"I'm Guland, you leave a representative to go through the formalities with me, and the rest of you go to the dormitory with Anil, and rest for the night, after all, you must be tired after taking the plane all the way." Professor Gooland said.
So Jiang Fan and the others followed Anil to the dormitory building with the same red brick structure, and everyone found their own dormitory.
After this overnight, the next day everyone basically rested, and their study was arranged, and there was a class in the afternoon.
Jiang Fan didn't have any interest in class, but he couldn't just be so stubborn, so he had to follow his classmates to class.
They were taught by an old bearded man who liked to hold his chin high and had an arrogant face, who called himself Professor Kena Bista and was one of the authorities on Indian archaeology.
When the class officially began, everyone found that this Bista did have two brushes, and there was almost no sleep during the whole class, and the listeners were very excited.
Even Jiang Fan, a person with almost no archaeological foundation, can listen very attentively.
The content of his lecture was the study of ancient Indian history, which was originally very good, but as he talked about the topic of Gusta, he turned his attention to China.
"I know that there are four ancient civilizations in China, namely ancient Egypt, ancient Babylon, ancient India and ancient China. To be honest, I still agree with this statement, but I have reservations about Gu Huaxia. ”
Hearing Gusta's words, Jiang Fan's face sank, and Tang Xue, who was sitting next to him, frowned.
"Ancient Egypt is certainly eligible, after all, all the archaeological evidence that can be found so far proves that there are signs of civilization around 3000 BC, and there are glorious structures such as pyramids as proof. The ancient Babylonian civilization was also long enough, and the Sumerians, as one of the oldest peoples, left countless amazing relics from their activities in the valley of the two rivers. And our ancient India is the same, there was the germ of civilization in 2000 BC, and then there was a brilliant Mauryan Empire, which almost unified the Indian peninsula. ”
The Indian students below were all excited, and although they were all familiar knowledge, it was really inspiring to hear.
Professor Gusta's speech continued: "I don't think the ancient Chinese civilization alone is worthy of being one of the four ancient civilizations. After all, as far as the current archaeological evidence is concerned, the oldest civilization remains in ancient China are also around 800 years BC, which is too far from Egypt, Babylon, and India. So I think it's better to join ancient Greece than to count ancient China as an ancient civilization. Although the age of ancient Greece is a little later, it is brilliant enough to be worthy of the ancient civilization. ”
The Indian students below were talking again, and many people looked at Jiang Fan and the others with strange eyes.
Tang Xue's face turned red, and the other Huaxia students were also angry, but because it was class time, it was difficult to interject, so no one had a seizure.
After another while, Professor Gusta motioned for the students to ask questions.
Immediately, the hands of many students below were raised, including Tang Xue.