Ancient Indian Education: An Inquiry into its Origin, Development, and Ideals c6.36

c6.36

Fā-hien spent three years at Patna³ learning Sanskrit and Sanskrit books, and making copies of the Buddhist sacred works. He stayed also at Tamralipti (near the mouth of the Hooghly) and at other places. In the Panjāb he found that the oral method of instruction was used, but in the more eastern regions of India writing was more freely used. Nālanda was visited by Fā-hien, but it had apparently no monks or monastery.