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Education of a Muslim Prince Picture courtesy: Archaeological survey of India
	The Romance of Champavati and Poet Billana
Embroidery on the Cover of a Palm-leaf Book Medieval palm leaf books were nicely bound with elaborately decorated cover pages. The title was written in big letters so the readers can locate them easily
	Decorated Chapter Separator of Ancient Textbook This Jain text has designs made just with lines and small curves.
The Grinthapathana Reciting of scriptures was a required education among the learned classes in India.
	The Wife of a Scholar A woman helping her scholar husband with texts. It is uncommon to find illustrations of women engaged in higher study in ancient India.
The Uninterested Wife! Reading books with husband! -- illustration depicts a woman having a difficult time to understand a book. She was probably coerced into taking up this study by her husband.
	Picture of a Boy Writing
Writing Woman, Hoysala period Illustration shows a medieval woman writing.
	A Teacher Explaining
A Scholar of Koran Picture of a Maulvi (Islamic scholar)
	Education of Women Illustration shows teacher asking questions and girls competing to answer them
A Copyist Picture of a "Lipikar", based on a sculpture at Keshava temple at Somanathapur
	Jain Ascetic Shubhachandra To the right is a box in which palm-leaf manuscripts are kept
Prince being Trained in Sword Wielding Illustration shows a teacher tuning the posture of a student while using two swords
	Javelin Throw
Dictation to a Secretary (?) Illustration from Sougandhika Parinaya lithograph, 19th century
	A Hand-copier or an Official Writer Illustration from Sougandhika Parinaya lithograph, 19th century
"Education is a tool to moksha" A Jaina preacher explains the doctrine to lay people
	Palm-leaf Texts A decorated steel pen (kanta):this was used to write on palm leaves(left).
Cover Pages of Palm-leaf Texts
	Animal Motifs from Textbooks
Complex Circular Designs Illustration shows use of compasses to draw circles on palm-leaf
	Depiction of Lord Ganesh on a palm-leaf
Buddhist students on way to fetch water
	A Time-keeping Volunteer at the Ghatika
A Ball Game
	Boy Playig with a Wooden Horse
A Buddhist Student Writing styles -- today calligraphy is still taught on a slate, which is an inch wide and an arm long. The pen is made with bamboo and black ink is used.
	Training in the use of Gada (mace)
Archery Lesson Illustration depicting a lesson in archery
	Student and teacher:- a teacher corrects the handwriting and calligraphic style of a student in a Buddhist school
Veena Training for the Princess
	Jaina teacher and disciples Jaina students devotedly listen to an ascetic teacher under the shade of a tree
Stick Aerobics (kola-ta)
	Girls Engaged in Stick Aerobics
A Student-ascetic Notice his stool to keep the textbook.
	An Elder Engaged in Study
A Student of Music Practices
	Woman Reading Palm-leaf Text
Students at Group Study
	A Student holding a Book
Boy at a Islamic School 17th century illustration
	Punishment of a Pupil Detail from a 17th century illustration
Asri Mahal Library after Aurangjeb conquered Bijapur Asri Mahal hitherto served as a great archive of Arabian and Persian literature, and was looted/destroyed. It is hard to describe the impact this library-destruction had on Indian history.
	At the Wrestling School Illustration depicts puzzled look on the students
Medieval Wrestlers
	Physical Conditioning

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