Education in Ancient India provides us with a glimpse of the education system practiced in ancient India upto 1200 AD. The author examines different sources such as canonical texts, archaeological, and literary compositions, foreign travel accounts, etc., to study the ancient Indian educational system. Certain aspects covered in this book are student-teacher relationship, primary education, female education, educational institutes, society, aims and achievements, rituals associated with education such as yajnopavita, curricula methods, examination systems, convocation ceremonies, and pedagogical skills cum techniques, etc. This book will be largely beneficial to researchers and students inter­ested in ancient India and history of education. About the Author A.S. Altekar (1989-1960) was an ancient Indian historian. He was the Head of Ancient History and Culture at BHU, Varanasi, and served at K.P. Jayaswal Research Institute, Patna, and Patna University. In 1947, he was appointed as the chairman of the Numismatic Society of India. He authored books like The Position of Women in Hindu Civilization: From Prehistoric Times to the Present Day; The Vakataka-Gupta Age; State and Government in Ancient India; Rash?raku?as and their Times and History of Benares, etc.