Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c11.s6.1

c11.s6.1

Besides the noted seats of sacrifice which were also, on the view taken here, the seats of learning, we are able to trace some definite Schools in the sense of circles or associations of learned men, of teachers and pupils, flourishing independently or in connection with the courts of kings. Proceeding from the periphery of Brahmanical culture in the east, we find a centre of learning in the court of Ajātaśatru, king of *Kāśī*, associated with the famous scholar, the proud Bālāki Gārgya, whose fame was spread through the entire land of the Uśīnaras, Satvat-Matsyas, Kuru-Pañchālas, and Videhas. Bhadrasena Ajātaśatrava who was a contemporary of Uddālaka and was defeated by him in argument was probably a son or descendant of the Kāśī king.