Education in Ancient India c14.s1.13

c14.s1.13

facilitated by the fact that the time for the ritual, the 4th to the 7th year, was suitable also for the commencement of primary education. The number and nature of the locks of hair to be kept at the time of the tonsure ceremony had close connection with the Vedic sages with whom the family was believed to be connected¹; this may also have suggested a synchronisation of the commencement of primary education with the celebration of the *chaula-karma*.