The Beautiful Tree: Indigenous Indian Education in the Eighteenth Century c10.s2.17
The Beautiful Tree: Indigenous Indian Education in the Eighteenth Century c10.s2.17
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c10.s2.17
In the Punjab the state of indigenous education was much better because of the special efforts made by Maharaja Ranjit Singh to promote learning. Dr Leitner, who was the Principal of the Oriental College and Government College, Lahore, and who also officiated for some time as Director of Public Instruction, Punjab, conducted a very thorough going inquiry into the state of indigenous education in the Punjab, and in his book on the ‘History of Indigenous Education’ in the Punjab, he writes:—