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Education in Ancient India provides us with a glimpse of the education system practiced in ancient India upto 1200 AD. The author examines different sources such as canonical texts, archaeological, and literary compositions, foreign travel accounts, etc., to study the ancient Indian educational system. Certain aspects covered in this book are student-teacher relationship, primary education, female education, educational institutes, society, aims and achievements, rituals associated with edu­cation such as yajnopavita, curricula methods, examination systems, convocation ceremonies, and pedagogical skills cum techniques, etc. This book will be largely beneficial to researchers and students inter­ested in ancient India and history of education.