Ancient Indian Education: An Inquiry into its Origin, Development, and Ideals c6.110

c6.110

Apart from the monasteries or nunneries Buddhism did not provide educational opportunities, but the sons of Buddhist laymen, who did not go to the *sanghārāma* for instruction, would learn their own craft or profession from their fathers in the same way as other Indian craftsmen, and had also the opportunity of attending whatever popular schools may have existed.