Education in Ancient India c14.s1.9

c14.s1.9

The education of children therefore naturally commenced not with the learning of the alphabets, but with the memorising of the sacred hymns, which were the most valued possession of the Aryans and constituted almost their entire literature. Under these circumstances, the Upanayana, which was prescribed at the commencement of the Vedic studies, could be the only ritual to be performed at the commencement of education.