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The Beautiful Tree: Indigenous Indian Education in the Eighteenth Century c9.s2: Classification of Indigenous Schools

The Beautiful Tree: Indigenous Indian Education in the Eighteenth Century c9.s2

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Classification of Indigenous Schools

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I. SIKH INDIGENOUS EDUCATION
1. Gurmukhi Schools

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II. MOHAMMEDAN INDIGENOUS EDUCATION
2. Maktabs
3. Madrasas, religious and secular
4. Koran Schools.

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III. HINDU INDIGENOUS EDUCATION
5. Chatsalas (for the trading community)
6. Patshalas (religious)

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7. Patshalas (semi-religious)
8. Secular Schools of various kinds and grades

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IV. MIXED INDIGENOUS EDUCATION
9. Persian Schools
10. Vernacular Schools
11. Anglo-Vernacular Schools

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V. FEMALE INDIGENOUS EDUCATION
12. (a) Female Schools for Sikh girls
(b) -do- Mohammedan girls
(c) Instruction at Hindu homes

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With a more minute subdivision the indigenous schools might have to be classified as follows:-

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I. MAKTABS OR MADRASAS
1. Arabic Schools and Colleges (of various grades and specialities)
2. Perso-Arabic Schools and Colleges (of various grades and specialities)
3. Koran Schools (where merely or chiefly the Koran is read)
4. Perso-Koran Schools
5. Koran-Arabic Schools
6. Perso-Koran-Arabic Schools
7. Persian Schools
8. Persian-Urdu Schools
9. Persian-Urdu-Arabic Schools
10. Arabic Medical Schools
11. Perso-Arabic Medical Schools

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II. GURMUKHI SCHOOLS
12. Gurmukhi Schools
13. Gurmukhi and Lande Schools

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III. MAHAJANI SCHOOLS
14. Lande Schools of different kinds (Chatsalas)
15. Nagari-Lande Schools (Chatsalas)
16. Perso-Lande Schools

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IV. PATSHALAS
17. Nagari-Sanscrit Schools
18. Sanscrit religious Schools 19. Sanscrit secular literary Schools (cultivating various branches)
20. Sanscrit semi-secular Schools (cultivating various branches)
21. Sanscrit Medical Schools (Chiefly)
22. Hindi-Sanscrit Schools
23. Sanscrit astrological or astronomical Schools (Chiefly)

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V. FEMALE INDIGENOUS SCHOOLS (classified as above)

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LIST OF SANSCRIT BOOKS USED Balbodh Akshar dipika

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I. GRAMMAR Saraswat Manorama Chandrika Bhashya Laghu Kaumudi Paniniya Vyakaran Kaumudi Siddhant Kaumudi Shekar Prakrita Prakasa

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II. LEXICOLOGY Amar Kosh Malini Kosh Halayudh

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III. POETRY, THE DRAMA AND RELIGIOUS HISTORY Raghu Vans Mahabharat Megh Duta Venisanhara Magh Sakuntala Kirat Arjun Naishadha Charita Ramayan Mrichhakatika Sri Mad Bhagwat Kumara Sambhava and other Puranas

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IV. RHETORIC Kavya Dipik Kavya Prakash Sahitya Darpana Dasu Rupa Kuvlayanund

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V. MATHEMATICS, ASTRONOMY, AND ASTROLOGY Siddbant Shiromani Nil Kanthi Mahurta Chintamani Brihat Jatak Shighra Bodh Parasariya Garbh Lagana VI. MEDICAL SCIENCE Sham Raj Susruta Charaka Madhava Nidan Nighant Sharang Dhar Bhashya Parichehed Vagbhat

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VII. LOGIC Nyaya Sutra Vritti Vyutpattivad Tark Sangrah Gada dhari Tarkalankar Kari kavali

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VIII. VEDANT Atma Bodh Sarirak Panch Dashi

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IX. LAW Manu Smriti Yagya Valk Gautama Mitakshara Parasara Smriti

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X. PHILOSOPHY *Sankhya* Tatwa Kaumudi Sankhya Pravachan Bhashya Yoga Sutra Vaiseshika, Siddhant Muktavali Sutra with a commentary *Patanjali*, Sutra Britti Sutra with Bhashya *Vedanta*, Vedantsar (see also above) *Mimansa*, Sutra with Bhashya Artha Sangraha

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XI. PROSODY Srut Bodh Vritta Ratnakar

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XII. PROSE LITERATURE Hitopadesa Dasa Kumara Charita Vasavadatta

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XIII. RELIGION Rigveda Sanhita (rare) Yajurveda, Shukla Yajur Vajasneyi Sanhita Samaveda, Mantra Bhaga Chhandasya Archika (very rare)

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