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Education is a purposeful and a ethical activity,
which have some aims and ideas within it.
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It was based on hindu religion.
It was a sought as the means of salvation
or self-realisation.The main business of education was to
open avenues of knowledge rather than
the mere physical sense.
In this ancient system, the individualsconstituted the fulcrum and lever of it.
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What does Ancient Indian educationWhat does Ancient Indian education
speak about:speak about:y The relationship between the Students and
the Teachers.
y This relationship starts with religiousceremony called upanayana(new birth).
y The education that began with this ceremony
was termed as Brahmacharya.which indicates mode of life.
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It was vital part of education.
The Atharvaveda refers to a vedic
student collecting fuel for fire worshipand bringing alms to his teacher.
Non- brahmins were not debarred from
learning vedas.
Kshatriya and vaishya castes wentthrough the period of studentship.
They were sacrament of the upanayana.
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Vedic study.
Services to teachers.
Purity of mind and body.
Truthfulness.
Hospitality.
Faith and Generosity.
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Buddhist system of education.
y It was also akin to the ancient Hindhu system; it isnot a new religion; it is indebted by Hindy system ifthought and life.
y It was preached by Gautam Buddha Prince of Sakyadynasty.
y Its a more democratic system of education.
y Its more spiritual in essence.
y It is concerned with the promotion of learning
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Dr. Radhakrishnan had said that it was not
freak in the evolution of indian thought,
i.e Buddha dod not completely breakaway from spiritula ideals of his age.
Hopkins says, that founder of buddhism
did not strike new system of morals
R.Davis said, that Buddha was the greates,wisest, and best of hindu.
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Objective and features of BuddhistObjective and features of Buddhist
education system.education system.
y It was coloured by their philosophy of life.
y It says men should try to get rid of his
sorrows.
y It says Nirvana would help to get rid of
sorrows.
y It says Nirvana helps to avoid re-birth, in
this earth.
y This is an education through which
nirvana can be attained.
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It was open to all.
After admission the candidate have to live asnovice under the guidance of the preceptor for
at least 12 year.
He should consider his teacher as father.
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It was dominated by religion on a greatdegree.
It kept students mainly in metaphysical
speculations. It was not conducive to the development ofsecular subjects.
Art of welfare was being ignored in it. It killed martial spirit in a large section of
menThe baneful effect of this education was left
when the county was invaded by foreigners.
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Infusion of piety and religiousness.
The formation of the character.
The development of the personality. inculcation of the civic and social duties.
Promotion of social efficiency and
happiness.
Preservation and spread of nationalheritage and culture.
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I am the spiritual knowledge amon all the
knowledge.
this very knowledge is been taught byupanishads. Which says
Being acquainted with the Absolute, the
soul gets rid of all wordly suffering, even
the suffering of taking birth andundergoing death..
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conclusion
The culture of ancient India was preaching
religion, but it never neglected the worldly
affairs.
It is said that India was much cognisant to
religious field, much more than other like
political, economic etc.
The ultimate aim of the human society at
those time was to achieve absolute(barma)
