Volume : 7, Issue : 1, JAN 2021

EDUCATION SYSTEM IN VEDIC AGE

PRASENJIT GHOSHAL

Abstract

Learning in ancient India was imparted by the teachers, who were addressed by the term ‘gurus’. The gurus imparted knowledge and information to the students, who gathered around them and came to live with them in their house as members of the family. Such a place was termed as Gurukul. The Gurukul was primarily a domestic school or the ashram, where learning of the students was developed by the guru, who gave personal instruction and attention to the students. In this period, education was primarily regarded as the privilege of the upper castes. Learning was an intimate relationship between the teacher and the pupil, called the Guru-Shishya Parampara. The process of learning normally began with a religious ceremony, called ‘Upanayana’, it was a sacred thread ceremony.

Keywords

GURUKUL, UPANAYANA, ASHRAM, EDUCATION SYSTEM.

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