Education in Ancient India c10.s1.9

c10.s1.9

Arrangements for Practical Training—Students received practical training in surgery and medicine, usually through private practice of their teachers. In some cases hospitals were attached to colleges. In great cities like Pāṭaliputra there existed big charitable hospitals, which must have afforded good opportunities for training medical students. Indian hospitals were well organised, for Hindu doctors were invited by the Abbaside Khalifas to supervise their own hospitals in the 8th century A D. It is to be regretted that Fa Hsien should not have given us detailed information of the hospitals, which he had seen at Pāṭaliputra. If he had done this, we would have probably known a good deal about the hospital management and medical education during the 5th century A.D.