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# Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c19.14

Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c19.14

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### [c19.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947.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.

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