Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c14.13

c14.13

The studentship of a prince is to continue only up to his sixteenth year when he must marry. During this necessarily short term¹ of his studentship, he is to pursue a threefold course of studies. The first course is in the department of the *Trayī* and *Ānvīkshakī*, i.e. religious and philosophical subjects. The teachers of this course must be *Śishṭas*, i.e. teachers whose authority was acknowledged as much for their character as for their learning. The second course of studies was connected with *Vārtā*, i.e. subjects relating to agriculture, cattle-rearing, and trade. These subjects the prince must study under practical experts, viz. the heads of the several actual government departments administering the interests pertaining thereto. The third course for the prince was in *Daṇḍanīti* or the science and art of government. The teachers should be those who were equally proficient in the theory and practice of administration.