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# Ancient Indian Education: An Inquiry into its Origin, Development, and Ideals c7.29

Ancient Indian Education: An Inquiry into its Origin, Development, and Ideals c7.29

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### [c7.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.keay-1918.c7.29)

Bābar, the first of the Mughal emperors (1526-1530), was a man of great accomplishments, with a knowledge of Arabic, Persian, and Turkish, and a taste for poetry; but he had barely won his kingdom in India when he died at the early age of forty-eight. His son, Humāyūn (1530-1556), was, like his father, an accomplished scholar, who gave great encouragement to learned men; but he was for a long time banished from India, when his throne was occupied by Sher Shāh (1540-1545). A college was built by Humāyūn at Delhi,¹ and by Sher Shāh at Narnaul.² The tomb of Humāyūn also for some time had a college attached to it.³

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