Formal Education System in Ancient India
by Sushmita Nath | 2016 | 63,563 words
This page relates ‘Temple Colleges and Education� of the study on the (formal) education system in Ancient India with reference to Vedic and Buddhist period, investiging educational institutions and universities which existed during this time. Professional educational methods were found in ancient Sanskrit literature (Brahamanas, Dharma-Shastras, Puranas, Jatakas, etc.), including rules, ceremonies and duties of pupils in ancient India.
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Temple Colleges and Education
The temple Colleges played a very important role in education. But there were not so much evidence about Hindu temples. The early history is difficult to trace. Inscriptional records indicate these types of colleges started from the tenth century A.D. The name of some temple colleges are�Saltogi temple college, Բ⾱ temple college, Tirumukkudal temple college, վܱǰū temple college[1].These temple colleges were famous Centre of learning in tenth century A.D. The temple colleges were the residential colleges providing free boarding and lodging.These temple colleges functioned in a spacious hall specially built for the purpose for accommodating a large number of students. The local villagers also used to give endowment to the development of these temple colleges. The teachers were generally not receiving any fee from the student. Education was imparted by teacher in free of cost. But for their primary requirements like food, shelter and cloth, they receive some amount of fee from their students. The normal allowance for the teachers was about sixteen seers of rice per-day. Sometime king also give some allowances to these teachers. He was receiving this salary for his normal family responsibilities. For the development of society he dedicated his whole life. Owing to the spread of fame the college attracts students from distant part of the country. Like the other institution, these temples were also very famous and popular in those days. These temple colleges started imparting education in much earlier times but much evidence could not be traced out to this point[2].