Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c30.13

c30.13

**Period of Studentship.** The period of studentship was fairly long. It was ended when the pupil was thirty years old, when "their minds being settled and their education finished, they go into office". Hiuen Tsang refers to the practice referred to in the earlier Smṛitis of the retiring students paying the preceptor his fees for educating them. "The first thing they do then is to reward the kindness of their teachers."