
Chapter 01
India's Ancient Centres of Knowledge
Across the subcontinent · From the north-west frontier to Bihar and Bengal
The foundation of the series: how organised higher learning grew in India — gurukuls, mahaviharas and residential universities with libraries, international students and a multidisciplinary curriculum. Takshashila, Nalanda, Udantapuri and Vikramshila are introduced here in brief; their full stories follow.
- Grammar, logic and language
- Philosophy and religious studies
- Medicine and surgery
- Mathematics and astronomy