[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) # Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) Vedic, Brahmanical and Buddhist education: curricula, teachers, students, assemblies, monasteries and universities (Nālandā, Vikramaśīla), from texts and Chinese pilgrims. - **Language:** English - **Author:** [Radhakumud Mookerji](https://indike.org/pramana/person/mookerji-r) - **Extent:** 3,582 passages, 274,969 words - **Text:** complete digital text - **Source:** archive.org · Macmillan, London 1947; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.8 Flash; chapters and sections by Gemini 3.8 Flash · Public domain in India: every author died before 1966 (Radhakumud Mookerji †1963) ## Contents - [c1 Front matter](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947.c1) — 13 parts - [c2 Preface](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947.c2) — 9 parts - [c3 Preface to the Second Edition](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947.c3) — 3 parts - [c4 Contents](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947.c4) — 80 parts - [c5 List of Illustrations](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947.c5) — 13 parts - [c6 Prologue](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947.c6) — 3 parts - [c7 Part I: Brahmanical Education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947.c7) - [c8 Chapter I: Some Vedic Concepts and Terms](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947.c8) — 53 parts - [c9 Chapter II: Rigvedic Education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947.c9) — 96 parts - [c10 Chapter III: Education in the Other Vedas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947.c10) — 44 parts - [c11 Chapter IV: Later Vedic Education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947.c11) — 14 parts - [c12 Chapter V: The Period of Sūtra Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947.c12) — 58 parts - [c13 Chapter VI: Education in the Time of Pāṇini](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947.c13) — 47 parts - [c14 Chapter VII: Education in Kauṭilya's ‘Arthaśāstra’](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947.c14) — 16 parts - [c15 Chapter VIII: The Legal Aspects of Education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947.c15) — 40 parts - [c16 Chapter IX: Philosophical Sūtra Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947.c16) — 301 parts - [c17 Chapter X: Education in the Epics](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947.c17) — 80 parts - [c18 Chapter XI: Industrial and Vocational Education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947.c18) — 214 parts - [c19 Chapter XII: Some Typical Educational Institutions and Centres](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947.c19) — 32 parts - [c20 Part II: Buddhist Education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947.c20) - [c21 Chapter XIII: The Background](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947.c21) — 28 parts - [c22 Chapter XIV: The System (According to Vinaya)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947.c22) — 45 parts - [c23 Chapter XV: Discipline](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947.c23) — 38 parts - [c24 Chapter XVI: Residence](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947.c24) — 34 parts - [c25 Chapter XVII](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947.c25) — 42 parts - [c26 Chapter XVIII](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947.c26) — 7 parts - [c27 Chapter XIX: The Milinda Pañha on Education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947.c27) — 7 parts - [c28 Chapter XX: Education as Described in the Jātakas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947.c28) — 25 parts - [c29 Chapter XXI: Education in the Fifth Century A.D. (Account of Fa-Hien)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947.c29) — 38 parts - [c30 Chapter XXII: Education in the Seventh Century A.D.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947.c30) — 141 parts - [c31 Chapter XXIII: I-Tsing’s Account of Education in the Seventh Century A.D.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947.c31) — 63 parts - [c32 Chapter XXIV: Universities](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947.c32) — 6 parts - [c33 Index](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947.c33) — 1,118 parts --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947) · Pramāṇa