[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) › c19.8 # Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c19.8 Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c19.8 - **Language:** English ### [c19.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947.c19.8) \*\*Ennāyiram: Its 340 Students, 10 Teachers, and 300 Acres of Land.\*\* An inscription of the time of emperor Rajendra Chola I (of \*c.\* 1023 A.D.) \[\*No.\* 333 \*of\* 1917\] records the endowment made by a village of certain charities which included the establishment of a Vedic College at Ennāyiram in South Arcot District, providing for the free board and tuition of 340 students, distributed as follows among the different subjects of study: 75 for Rigveda, 75 for Yajur-Veda, 20 for Chhāndoga-Sāman, 20 for Talavakāra-sāman, 20 for Vājasaneya, 10 for Atharva-Veda, 10 for the Baudhāyanīya Gṛihya, Kalpa, and Gaṇa, 40 for Rūpavatāra, 25 for Vyākaraṇa, 35 for Prābhākara Mīmāṁsā, and 10 for Vedānta. The College was manned by ten Teachers, three for each of the two Vedas taught, two for Mīmāṁsā, and one for each of the other subjects. - [Previous: c19.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947.c19.7) - [Next: c19.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947.c19.9) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947.c19) ## Linked texts (1) - [South Indian Inscriptions](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.south.sii) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947.c19.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947.c19.8) · Pramāṇa