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Beautiful Tree: Indigenous Indian Education in the Eighteenth Century

By: Publication details: Bengaluru: Rashtrotthana Sahitya , 2021Description: 437ISBN:
  • 9788175310957
  • 8175310952
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 370.954 DHA
Summary: The Beautiful Trve: Indigenous Indian Education in the Eighteenth Century (1983) is the best known of Dharampalji's books based on the materials collected in the course of his extensive study in the British archives. It compiles documents of a survey of indigenous education ordered by Thomas Munros, Governor of Madras, in 1822. The details of the indigenous schools and institutions of higher learning sent by the Collectors of 21 districts of the extensive Madras Presidency offer a fascinating picture of the extent, inclusiveness and sophistication of the then prevailing system of education in India. It also includes extracts from the reports of W. Adam (1835-38) and G. W. Leitner (1882) about indigenous education in Bengal and Punjab, respectively.
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The Beautiful Trve: Indigenous Indian Education in the Eighteenth Century (1983) is the best known of Dharampalji's books based on the materials collected in the course of his extensive study in the British archives. It compiles documents of a survey of indigenous education ordered by Thomas Munros, Governor of Madras, in 1822. The details of the indigenous schools and institutions of higher learning sent by the Collectors of 21 districts of the extensive Madras Presidency offer a fascinating picture of the extent, inclusiveness and sophistication of the then prevailing system of education in India. It also includes extracts from the reports of W. Adam (1835-38) and G. W. Leitner (1882) about indigenous education in Bengal and Punjab, respectively.

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