About the Book: Revisiting The Educational Heritage Of India
Long before the first European universities appeared, India already had
multi-disciplinary centres of learning that fuelled a knowledge revolution
around the world. This book fills a dire need to chronicle the great educational
heritage of India. It describes a unique ecosystem which ensured that Gurus and
Acharyas handed the lamp of learning to generations of students. As the author
puts it, "When swords quenched their thirst and famine ravaged the lands,
Indians still held on to their truth that there was nothing more purifying than
knowledge." She has collated information from oral history, local lore,
travelogues, surviving literature,