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Author Scharfe, Hartmut

Title Education in ancient India / by Hartmut Scharfe
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, ©2002

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Description 1 online resource (355 pages) : illustrations
Series Handbook of oriental studies. Section two, India = Handbuch der Orientalistik. Indien ; v. 16
Handbuch der Orientalistik. Zweite Abteilung, Indien ; 16. Bd.
Contents Chapter 1: Education as a Topic; Chapter 2: The Oral Tradition; Chapter 3: Content of the Tradition -- Revealed and Observed; Chapter 4: The Final Goal of Education; Chapter 5: Modern Apologists; Chapter 6: Training in Early Childhood; Chapter 7: Initiation; Chapter 8: Tutorials and acarya-kula-s; Chapter 9: From Monasteries to Universities; Chapter 10: From Temple Schools to Universities; Chapter 11: Admission and the Right to Teach and to Study; Chapter 12: The Study; Chapter 13: Memorizing the Veda; Chapter 14: Professional Training; Chapter 15: The Teachers
Summary A survey of all aspects of education in India, both in the oral and written traditions. Chronologically it covers everything from the Vedic period up to the Hindu kingdoms before the establishment of Muslim rule. Techniques of memorization are discussed, along with education in private tutorials
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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Subject Education -- India -- History
Education, Ancient -- India
EDUCATION -- History.
EDUCATION -- Comparative.
Education.
Education, Ancient.
Bildung
Erziehung
Vedismus
Hinduismus
Opvoeding.
Onderwijs.
Oudheid.
India.
Indien
Genre/Form History.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1417524618
9781417524617
9047401476
9789047401476