[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) › c5.37 # Education in Ancient India c5.37 Education in Ancient India c5.37 - **Language:** English ### [c5.37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.altekar-1934-2.c5.37) ² \*S. I. E. R.\*, 1917, No. 333. The total cost of one good meal for one year was about 8 maunds of rice. The salaries above mentioned were given in the college at Ennayiram; in other institutions they were sometimes different. Sometimes inscriptions disclose that the Veda teachers used to get only 30 maunds of rice per annum; in such cases they were probably part-time teachers and were expected to supplement their income from the proceeds of the priestly profession. - [Previous: c5.36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.altekar-1934-2.c5.36) - [Next: c5.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.altekar-1934-2.c5.38) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.altekar-1934-2.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.altekar-1934-2.c5.37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.altekar-1934-2.c5.37) · Pramāṇa