Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c19.14
Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c19.14
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c19.14
**A College owning three Villages.** Five inscriptions on copper plates of the Pallava king, Vijayanṛipatunga-varman [*Epi. Ind.*, iv] record the gift of three villages to support a College, "like the Gaṅgā, supported by Śiva on his matted locks." The College taught fourteen *Gaṇas*, comprising 4 Vedas, 6 Vedāṅgas, 1 Mīmāṁsā, 1 Nyāya, 1 Purāṇa, and 1 Dharmaśāstra.