Education in Ancient India c7.s7.t5.3

c7.s7.t5.3

Teachers' pay: Each teacher was given an endowment of two puṭṭis of land. We do not know anything about the net income of this land endowment. The inscription, however, states that the carpenters and drummers of the temple establishment were assigned one puṭṭi of land for their wages. The teacher's income was thus twice the wages of the skilled labourer. The society was offering him just what was necessary for a decent family life. The salary of the principal was 100 niṣkas; it is difficult to assess its real value as the denotation of the term niṣka at this period is not definitely known.