द ब्यूटीफुल ट्री: १८वीं सदी में भारत की स्वदेशी गुरुकुल शिक्षा (धर्मपाल)

However, you will get the evidence in F.E. Keay, Ancient Indian Education, Oxford University Press 1918—esp. pp.51, 57, 107 and passim. Dr Leitner, History of Indigenous Education in the Punjab, pp.14, 21 passim. A Report for the Punjab Government issued in 1882. A.P. Howell, Education in British India Prior to 1854. And Ludlow, British India. The Madras Presidency made an enquiry, 1822-6, and calculated that rather less than one-sixth of the boys of school- going age received education of some sort. Bombay Presidency, 1823-8, estimated it as one in eight, Bengal, 13.2 percent (Adam’s enquiry 1835). William Ward supposed that about one- fifth of the male population of Bengal could read. I know the difficulties. But I feel more and more that in this matter, of general education, we did precious little to congratu- late ourselves on—until the last dozen years. Don’t you agree? Calcutta University was damned bad. And the Middle Vernacular schools— Yours sincerely, Sd/- Edward Thompson P.S. I do not believe we destroyed indigenous schools and indige- nous industries out of malice (which is what is stated, in Ameri- ca as well as India). It was inevitable. . . . 363