HIGHER EDUCATION IN ANCIENT INDIA

For the rapidly changing Indian society, higher education, it is widely recognized, must contribute to the initiation and strengthening of the process of development with equity, justice, solidarity and liberty as the key elements. To attain this objective, the time tested core mission of higher education - to educate, to train, to undertake research and to provide service to the community - must be preserved, reinforced and further expanded. This requires higher education to enjoy autonomy and freedom exercised with responsibility. It is necessary to know the ancient Higher Education System in India, For sustainable development and upliftment in Higher Education. It is only possible by the spiritual relationship between teacher and the student. The aim of education was at the manifestation of the divinity in men, it touches the highest point of knowledge. In order to attain the goal the whole educational method is based on plain living and high thinking pursued through eternity.