Ancient Indian Education: An Inquiry into its Origin, Development, and Ideals c4.15

c4.15

The gathering together of all the hymns into one collection took place probably before 1000 B.C. When this was done it is likely that the schools where the priestly lore was learnt were no longer always family schools, though in many cases no doubt the boy was pupil to his own father. This indeed was often so in much later times.³