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Education in Pre-Colonial India: Insight from Dharampal’s Research

Author(s) Meenakshi Pandey, Prof. Raj Sharan Shahi
Country India
Abstract India, since ancient times, has been known for its lofty human values and unique scientific traditions. Its worldview has always been inclusive, never perceiving the world as divided into nations but as one family. However, with the rise of European expansion around 1600 AD, this harmony began to be disturbed. The establishment of the East India Company marked the beginning of European economic and political dominance in India. Initially, their interests were purely commercial, confined to trade and the study of Indian governance. Indian philosophy, religion, scholarship, and education attracted little attention until they gained political control over vast territories. Over time, however, the British became intrigued by India’s intellectual traditions and educational practices. The consolidation of British rule brought transformations across all aspects of Indian life, with education among the most deeply affected areas. Through the interference of the British in education, Indian education lost its autonomy and became subservient to political power. Hence, the education system brought by the British (colonial education) disconnected Indians from their rich cultural and intellectual history. In such a context, only a few visionaries made efforts to rediscover India’s lost educational and cultural glory; among them, Dharampal was foremost. Deeply influenced by Gandhian thought, Dharampal Ji sought to expose the distortions introduced by colonial rule and inspire Indians to reclaim their civilizational identity. In the present study, the researchers have highlighted the situation of education in pre-colonial India explained by Dharampal ji. Destruction of the indigenous education system of India and steps to revive indigenous education have also been addressed by researchers.
Keywords Dharampal, Indigenous education, Colonialism, Pre-colonial India, Orientalists & Occidentalists
Published In Volume 6, Issue 6, November-December 2025
Published On 2025-11-05
DOI https://doi.org/10.63363/aijfr.2025.v06i06.1879
Short DOI https://doi.org/g99qpt
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