The Beautiful Tree: Indigenous Indian Education in the Eighteenth Century c4.s3.t9: Some Books Used in Higher Learning

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The books used in these institutions may be assumed to have been the *Vedas*, the various *Sastras*, the *Puranas*, the more well known books on *Ganeeta*, and *Jyotish-shastras*, and Epic literature. Except in the report from Rajahmundry, there is no mention of any books in the reports from other districts. According to Rajahmundry, some of the books used there were: