Education in Ancient India c9.s3.2

c9.s3.2

The Time of Commencement :—Primary education was assigned a definite place in the educational system during this period by the exaltation of its beginning into a religious ritual known as *Aksharasvīkaraṇa* (see Appendix I A), which was performed at about the age of five or six. This was the time for the beginning of primary education. Authors of this period represent the Buddha, Raghu, Lava and Kuśa as beginning their education at about this age.² The Chinese pilgrim I-tsing also found that primary education used to begin at the age of six.