Land of Pathshalas: A Story of Indigenous Indian Education

Publisher:
BLUONE INK PVT. LTD.
| Author:
Ankur Kakkar
| Language:
English
| Format:
Paperback
Publisher:
BLUONE INK PVT. LTD.
Author:
Ankur Kakkar
Language:
English
Format:
Paperback

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As Indians, we are curious about the kind of education system we had before the British arrived. Did all sections of society have access to basic education? Were women educated? Were there any medical practitioners? How were scholars and artists trained? Land of Pathshalas: A Story of Indigenous Indian Education provides answers to these questions bypresenting a refreshing narrative of Indian education in the 19th century. It documents a wide range of pre-colonial institutions that catered to different occupations of the time. In doing so, it analyses the methods of knowledge transmission using Indian epistemological categories such as Yoga and dharma. Drawing from a wide range of sources, including government surveys, census reports, foreign accounts, district gazetteers, autobiographical accounts, and personal interviews of traditional practitioners, this book provides a comprehensive overview of indigenous Indian education.

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As Indians, we are curious about the kind of education system we had before the British arrived. Did all sections of society have access to basic education? Were women educated? Were there any medical practitioners? How were scholars and artists trained? Land of Pathshalas: A Story of Indigenous Indian Education provides answers to these questions bypresenting a refreshing narrative of Indian education in the 19th century. It documents a wide range of pre-colonial institutions that catered to different occupations of the time. In doing so, it analyses the methods of knowledge transmission using Indian epistemological categories such as Yoga and dharma. Drawing from a wide range of sources, including government surveys, census reports, foreign accounts, district gazetteers, autobiographical accounts, and personal interviews of traditional practitioners, this book provides a comprehensive overview of indigenous Indian education.

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"Dr. Ankur Kakkar received his doctorate degree in History from the South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg, Germany. His doctoral dissertation entitled The Dayanand Anglo-Vedic School of Lahore: A Study of Educational Reform in Colonial Punjab, c.1885- 1925 (New Delhi: Manohar, 2024) was supervised by Prof. Gita Dharampal, daughter of eminent historian Shri Dharampal. Dr. Kakkar is Associate Professor at the Centre for Indic Studies, Indus University, Ahmedabad where he teaches core and elective courses on various aspects of Indian Knowledge Systems. In October 2023, Dr. Kakkar was awarded a fellowship at the Prime Ministers Museum and Library where he is presently focussed on the study of Indian nationalist education of the late nineteenth and earlh twentieth century."

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