[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Ancient Indian Education: An Inquiry into its Origin, Development, and Ideals](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.keay-1918) › c8.28 # Ancient Indian Education: An Inquiry into its Origin, Development, and Ideals c8.28 Ancient Indian Education: An Inquiry into its Origin, Development, and Ideals c8.28 - **Language:** English ### [c8.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.keay-1918.c8.28) Besides the instruction in the schools there were also a certain number of children receiving instruction at home. William Ward says,³ ‘Hindu women are unable to teach their children their first lessons, but a father may frequently be seen teaching his child to write the alphabet when five years old’. Rich men often employed a tutor to teach their children, and when other children were admitted to share in this instruction it sometimes grew into a school. Girls, as a rule, received no education; but daughters of Rājput nobles or of \*zamīndārs\* often received a limited education from their fathers or family priests. - [Previous: c8.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.keay-1918.c8.27) - [Next: c8.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.keay-1918.c8.29) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.keay-1918.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.keay-1918.c8.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.keay-1918.c8.28) · Pramāṇa