Specifications
- Language:ENGLISH
- Format: PAPERBACK
- Pages: 248 pages
- ISBN-13: 9789365474282
- Item Weight:
- Dimensions: 21.60 x 13.50
- Genre: Education
Description
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&
Ankur Kakkar
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 aw
