History of Indian Education

Contents: 1. Ancient Indian Vedic education. 2. Post-Vedic education. 3. Brahmanic education. 4. Education in Dharma Shastras. 5. The Buddhist system of education. 6. The Islamic education. 7. Education under the East India Company. 8. National awakening in twentieth century. 9. constitutional provisions. 10. Indian nationalist thought. 11. National policy on education. 12. Progress and problems of primary and basic education. 13. Education for national values. 14. Education  for democracy. 15. Education for modernization. 16. Indian education today. 17. Indian education into millennium.

"This book traces the History of Indian Education from the earliest period to the present. It goes in depth the transformation of education from the Vedic times and how it got influenced by other religious sect during the various onslaught and the foreign rule. After the independence of India a national policy on education was framed, which is still being continued. The book covers almost every important phase in Indian education. This book will be useful both to the teachers as well as students and to anybody who has interest in Indian education." (jacket)