Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c11.s6.8

c11.s6.8

¹ In this connection we may recall the evidence already cited regarding the reputation of the northerners or *Udīchyas* for learning and scholarship. In the *Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa* [iii, 2, 3, 15] we have a reference to the speech of the north as being similar to that of the Kuru-Pañchālas. Indeed, the Northerners’ speech was so well known for its purity that, according to the *Kaushītaki Brāhmaṇa* [vii, 6], scholars from other parts used to go to the north for linguistic studies. According to Franke [*Pāli and Sanskrit*, 88, 89], Sanskrit was specially developed in Kāśmīra. It may be also noted that Takshaśīlā (in Gandhāra) was one of the most famous centres of learning in India according to Buddhist and Brahmanical texts.