[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947) › c19.33 # Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c19.33 Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c19.33 - **Language:** English ### [c19.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947.c19.33) \*\*A College at Dhārā.\*\* King Bhoja of Malwa (A.D. 1018–60), a patron of learning, founded at his capital, Dhārā, a college appropriately located in a Temple of ‘\*Vāgdevī\*’, ‘Goddess of Learning’, whose image in stone is a masterpiece of Brahmanical sculpture \[Plate XVI\]. The inscription on its pedestal mentions the king called ‘Bhoja-Narendra-Chandra’, the sculptor ‘Manthala, son of Sūtradhara (craftsman), Sahira’, ‘the writer, Śivadeva’, and the date, ‘Saṁvat 1091’ = A.D. 1034. The Image shows to its right the figures of a bearded Ṛishi, his disciple, the donor, and, to the left, the Mother of Vāgdevī, Durgā on lion \[\*Rūpam\*, January, 1924\]. - [Previous: c19.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947.c19.32) - [Next: c21.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947.c21.2) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947.c19.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947.c19.33) · Pramāṇa