Role of education commissions and committees in the development of libraries in India
- University News
- 59(47), Nov, 29 Dec, 5, 2021: p.3-9
The roots of Education System in India dates back to Vedic Age. Oral communication by the word of the mouth was the only mode known to the Aryans to impart knowledge and instruction. The transmission of knowledge from the teacher to the learner relied upon the method of memorising by the utterances of his preceptor. There is no trace of the existence of Libraries in those times. The scholars at Taxila, the famous ancient seat of learning for nearly a thousand years between 700 B.C. and 300 A.D, were the only known moving reservoirs of knowledge. – Reproduced