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Unit 1: Education in India During Ancient Period : Vedic and Buddhist Education

• Buddhist education was centred round a monastery. There were some private teachers who Notes
took ten to fifteen children and taught them in their houses.
• For admission the student had to present himself before the teacher and request him for
giving education. The teacher was fully responsive to the instructions received form the
teacher. The student was not at all accountable to any other Bhikshuk in the and the Taught
as during the Vedic period.
• Pabbajja was an accepted ceremony of the Buddhist monasteries. Pabbajja means ‘going out.
According to this ceremony the student after being admitted to a monastery had to renounce
all his worldly and family relationship.
• Both the teacher and the student were responsible to the monastery or the Budhist order.

1.8 Keywords
• Anthropology : The study of the human race, especially of its origin, development,
customs and beliefs.
• Curriculum : The subjects that is included in a course.
• Ceremony : A public or religious occasion that includes a series of formal or
traditional actions

1.9 Review Questions
1. What are the objectives of Vedic education?
2. How was the education in India during Buddhist period? Explain.
3. Write the main features of Buddhist education.
4. What is Upasampada Ceremony?
5. What are the main feature of Vedic education?
Answer: Self Assessment
1. (i) 20, 358 (ii) Psychological (iii) Six (iv) monasteries
(v) Ajna
2. (i) (a) (ii) (b) (iii) (c)
3. (i) True (ii) False (iii) True (iv) True
(v) False
1.10 Further Readings

1. Development of Education Systems : J.C. Aggarwal, Dash Bn, Shipra Publications.
2. Educational Regimes in Contemporary India : Radhika Chopra , Patricia M Jeffery,
Dash Bn.
3. Development of Education System : Mel Ainscow , Alan Dyson , Susan Goldrick.

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