Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c14.16

c14.16

**Schools of Arthasāśtra.** That the Sūtra period was an age of specialization leading to the growth of numerous schools of thought in various subjects of study then known is also shown by the evidence of Kauṭilya. In connection with the special subject of the Arthaśāstra with which alone he is concerned in the book, he refers to a number of Schools named after their founders which all grew up long before his time. These Schools are called the Mānavāḥ, Bārhaspatyāḥ, Auśanasāḥ, Pārāśarāḥ, and Āmbhīyāḥ. Besides Schools, individual specialists are also mentioned, viz. Bhāradvāja, Viśālāksha, Parāśara, Piśuna, Kauṇapadanta, Vātavyādhi, Bāhudantīputra, Kātyāyana, Kaṇiṅka-Bhāradvāja, Dīrgha-Chārāyaṇa, Ghoṭamukha, Kiñjalka, and Piśunaputra.¹