Vedic learning in Mithila

Vedic learning started in Mithila with the expansion of Vedic and Brahmanic culture eastwards along the Ganges plain. The Ramayana refers to the court of King Janaka in Mithila, attracting scholars and philosophers.[1] During the Gupta period Mithila was a center for disputes between Buddhists, Jainas and Brahmins, with prominent Mimamsa authors writing defenses of Vedic ritual. Education took place through "Tols, Pathshāla and Chatušpathi or Chaupari," with students living at the house of their teacher. The Turkic conquests had little impact in Mithilal, leaving it as "an isoldated outpost and centre of Brahmanic and Sanskrit scholarship," whre "Hindu scholars were able to protect the purity of their ideals and traditions."[2] The Mithila school of Nyaya was an Indian school of Nyaya philosophy, which flourished from the 12th-13th to the 15th century in Mithila.[3][4]

See also

Sources
  • Chaudhury, P.C. Roy (1964), ihar District Gazetteers: Darbhanga, Superintendent Secretariat Press
  • Jha, Bishwambhar (2010), "Education in Early Mithila: A Reappraisal", Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, 71: 160–164
  • Rorabacher, J. Albert (2016), Bihar and Mithila. The Historical Roots of Backwardness, Taylor & Francis
  • Sharma, Ram Nath; Sharma, Rajendra Kumar (1996), History of Education in India

References
  1. Chaudhury (1964), p. 566-568.
  2. Rorabacher (2016).
  3. Sharma & Sharma (1996), p. 20.
  4. Chaudhury (1964), p. 567.
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