Ancient Indian Education: An Inquiry into its Origin, Development, and Ideals c6.23

c6.23

These were the regulations for the mutual conduct of preceptor and pupil, which were drawn up at some early period before the days of King Aśoka. A Chinese visitor, I-Tsing, who was in India between 673 and 687 A.D., shows us how the system was working at the time of his visit. After referring to the directions in the *Vinaya* text quoted above, he says¹:—