HISTORY
ANCIENT INDIA
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Question
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There were servants at school.
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Teachers were called gurus.
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Children studied math, science, literature, music and religion.
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Schools were called Ashrams.
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Detailed explanation-1: -In ancient India, both formal and informal ways of education system existed. Indigenous education was imparted at home, in temples, pathshalas, tols, chatuspadis and gurukuls. There were people in homes, villages and temples who guided young children in imbibing pious ways of life.
Detailed explanation-2: -So the primary subject of education was the mind itself. According to the ancient Indian theory of education, the training of the mind and the process of thinking, are essential for the acquisition of knowledge. So the pupil had mainly to educate himself and achieve his own mental growth.
Detailed explanation-3: -The ancient education system consisted of the Vedas, Brahmanas, Upanishads and Dharmasutras. The writings of Aryabhata, Panini, Katyayana and Patanjali along with the medical treatises of Charaka and Sushruta were some sources of learning.
Detailed explanation-4: -Early history Early education in India commenced under the supervision of a guru or prabhu. Initially, education was open to all and seen as one of the methods to achieve Moksha in those days, or enlightenment.