[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Education in Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.altekar-1934-2) › c3.12 # Education in Ancient India c3.12 Education in Ancient India c3.12 - **Language:** English ### [c3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.altekar-1934-2.c3.12) Limitations on Religiousness: Though the educational system thus provided the background of piety and religiousness, its aim was not to induce the student to renounce the world and become a wanderer in the quest of God like the Buddha or Tulsidas. Even in the case of Vedic students, who intended to follow a religious career, only a microscopic minority used to remain lifelong Brahmachārins, pursuing the spiritual quest: the vast majority was expected to become and did become householders. The direct aim of all education, whether literary or professional, was to make the student fit to become a useful and pious member of society. - [Previous: c3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.altekar-1934-2.c3.11) - [Next: c3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.altekar-1934-2.c3.13) - [Up: c3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.altekar-1934-2.c3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.altekar-1934-2.c3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.altekar-1934-2.c3.12) · Pramāṇa