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The Beautiful Tree: Indigenous Indian Education in the Eighteenth Century c5.s28.29

The Beautiful Tree: Indigenous Indian Education in the Eighteenth Century c5.s28.29

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c5.s28.29

There are no schools or colleges in this district for the support of which any public funds are appropriated and no institution for teaching Astronomy, Theology or any other Sciences. In the talook of Jyalore alone there are 7 schools which were formerly endowed by the Native Government with between 46 and 47 Cawnies of land for the maintenance of the teachers. The scholars generally continue at school from the age of 7 to 15. The average yearly expense of education is about 7 pagodas.