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Development of Education System

Notes

The subjects of study during that time included the four Vedas, Grammar,
Mathematics, mineralogy, logic, Ethics, Brahma-Vedya, Biology, Military science,
Astronomy and Medicine. Dhanurvidya or war tactics was also a part of education.

1.1.6 Process of Instruction
There were three steps in instruction:
1. Sravana 2. Manana 3. Nididhyasana.
• Sravana is listening to words texts as they uttered by the teacher.
• Manana is the process of deliberation or reflection of the topic taught.
• Nididhyasana represents the highest stage.
1.1.7 Admission and Evaluation System
There seems to be no direct reference available to spell out the methodology followed by the
Acharya to judge the adequacy of knowledge of his pupils. Yaskas and Sayana, famous
commentators on the Vedas, have inferred from the Rig Veda hymn that the students were given
three grades as under:
1. Maha Prazanan grade:- Students of very high ability.
2. Madhyama Prazanan grade:- Students of high ability.
3. Alpa Prazanan grade:- Students of low ability.
1.1.8 Autonomy of Educational Institutions
Teachers in the Vedic period were autonomous in their work and they followed various methods
of admission and assessment. A teacher was the sole pedagogic authority to decide whether the
student was fit for admission & also to decide whether he had completed his studies.

1.1.9 Curriculum
According to recent researches, following disciplines were included in the curriculum in the
graded forms in accordance with the stages of education.
1. Anthropology 2. Astronomy
3. Economics 4. Epistemology
5. Eschatology 6. Ethnology
7. Geology 8. Human eugenics
9. Mathematics 10. Military Science
Self Assessment
1. Multiple choice questions:
Choose the correct option
(i) The language of Vedas is ............................. .
(a) ancient Sanskrit (b) Poli (c) Prakrat (d) Magadhi
(ii) The ............................ is the oldest among all the four vedas.
(a) Atharva Vedas (b) Rig Vedas (c) Yajur Vedas (d) Sam Vedas
(iii) The Vedas contains ............................. verses.
(a) 10,000 (b) 20,500 (c) 20,358 (d) 10,550

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