Education and Literature

Education and Literature

2020-04-27 12:07:03

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1. Assess the educational system in early India and identify important educational institutions of the period. [2012, 30m]

• Moral, physical, spiritual, intellectual aspects of life; values like humility, truthfulness, discipline, self-reliance
• Sources of learning were Vedas, Brahmanas, Upanishads, Dharmasutras, works of Panini, Aryabhata, Katyayana and Patanjali
• Disciplines like Itihas/Itihas, Anviksiki/logic, Mimamsa/interpretation, Shipashastra/arch, Arthashastra/polity, Varta/agri
• Physical education krida, vyayaamprakara, dhanurvidya, yogasadhana
• Shastrartha - learned debates organised
• Pathshalas West IN, Chatuspatis in Bihar, tols in Bengal, Gurukuls - residential schools
• Women scholars Maitreyi, Viswambhara, Apala, Gargi, Lop

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• Takshashila as centre of Buddhist learning, Panini composed Ashtadhyayi here, Jivaka physicial, Chanakya
• Role of Teacher, Ro Community - fin support, land donations
• Agraharas, Ghatika, Brahmapuri, were cultural educational centres
• Makhtabs, Madrassas

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