Read Book Online : http://www.archive.org/stream/educationinancie032398mbp#page/n7/mode/2up

Download pdf Book : http://ia600300.us.archive.org/21/items/educationinancie032398mbp/educationinancie032398mbp.pdf

An Oral Account of Education in Andhra Pradesh in Early 1900s : http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/edu/andhra1900.htm

History of Education in India An Online Exhibition of Historical Artifacts by Jyotsna Kamat and K. L. Kamat : http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/edu/index.htm

unbelievable!! i mean the lion is too much!

really! that lion seems to challenge the education process to a considerable extent... i hope its presence is only symbolic or something!

i am not sure if this is merely symbolic of an idyllic peace. e.g., what does the lion eat? i imagine it is possible for them to drink from the same pond, but this cannot imply that the lion will resist eating the goat if it had to...!

Most interesting and well worth a read to see what insights it has to offer. @ Amita Roy I would join issue with you about your dating of the decline and restriction of education happening towards the start of the Mauryan period. You will have to move a few centuries ahead for that. The Mauryan period was one of great convulsions and changes which then led to great advances and inclusiveness, as far as ideology and education was concerned, a couple of centuries before and after the 4th century (during which the Mauryans reigned). Not for nothing is the period called an axial age of ideas. Both Mahapadma Nanda and Chandragupta Maurya were shudras and educated in the Takshshila Gurukul according to tradition. Caste lines as well as religious ones were extremely fluid and the constant interaction between different religions and cults as well as the spread of prosperity led to the flourishing of education. The marginalisation of women was still incipient, women from royal families and well off sections of society were educated almost as well as their male brethren. In the case of the class of courtesans their education was perhaps better than the best as they were the custodians and carriers of culture.( Chanakya's jurisprudence when studied in detail with reference to the position of women will bear this out) It was the Gupta period, which could be called the apogee of Brahmanical religion and culture, which saw the limits of education more sharply defined.

Whoever surprised by lion in the picture please see video here and make yourself believe: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txIO8CkQeQU

Here is another: http://www.metacafe.com/watch/441268/unique_relationship_between_monks_and_tigers/

This unique teacher- disciple relationship is a great India tradition that deserves praise.