Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c19.26

c19.26

**Noted centres of Education in Mysore.** Some of the Mysore Inscriptions show how the Province was abounding in such wider cultural institutions which were known in three distinct varieties called *Ghaṭikā*, *Agrahāra*, and *Brahmapurī*. Sk. 176 (of *Epigraphica Carnatica*, vol. vii) tells of a pupil who, wishing to be a master of *Pravachana*, went to Kāñchī, visited each of its *Ghaṭikās* for instruction, and became a quick and accomplished debater. Thus a *Ghaṭikā* was a centre of learning and religion and small in size.