Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c32.s2.8

c32.s2.8

**Six Colleges and a Central Hall.** We further learn that the University came to have six Colleges, each with a staff of the standard strength of 108 teachers, and a Central Hall called the House of Science with its six gates opening on the six Colleges. It is also stated that the outer wall surrounding the whole Monastery was decorated with artistic work, a portrait in painting of Nāgarjuna adorning the right of the principal entrance and that of Atīśa on the left [S. C. Das, *Indian Pandits in Tibet*, in *JBTS.*, i, 1-11]. On the walls of the University were also painted portraits of Pandits eminent for their learning and character.