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100	1		_aChithra Madhavan
245	1	0	_aSanskrit Education and Literature in Ancient and Medieval Tamil Nadu : _ban epigraphical study / _cChithra Madhavan ; with a foreword by C.S. Radhakrishnan.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew Delhi _bDK Printworld _c1966
300			_a244 _billustrations ; _c23 cm.
490	0		_aReconstructing Indian history & culture ;
500			_aEducation, especially Vedic and Vedantic, along with allied subjects, was a prime focus of the rulers of the Tamil kingdoms. This book highlights the educational initiatives during the reigns of the Pallava, Pandya, Cola, Vijayanagara, Nayaka and other kings. The inscriptions across the Tamil country talk about Sanskrit education in detail. Agraharas, ghatikas, temple-colleges and mathas were the main educational institutions propagating Sanskrit texts. The teachers were handsomely paid and bhatta-vritti was the norm of the day; villages were donated to them either as ekabhoga or as agrahara (brahmadeya). There were poets and composers among the rulers, as an embodiment of their dedication to education. The numerous grants act as authentic sources of information on the reigns of these rulers, scholars, composers and educational institutions across many centuries beginning from the Pallava times. Giving a deep insight, this book is an invaluable source of information for students and researchers in the ancient and medieval history of India.
650		0	_aSanskrit language
650		0	_aInscriptions, Sanskrit
650		0	_aSanskrit literature
650		0	_aSanskrit literature
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