प्राचीन भारत में शिक्षा (डॉ. ए.एस. अल्तेकर - गुरुकुल एवं बौद्ध विहार शिक्षण इतिहास)

130 EDUCATION IN ANCIENT INDIA [Ch.
Rāmapāla at his capital Rāmāvtī) were famous centres
of learning, spreading the holy knowledge both in India
and abroad. We would not be wrong if we assume
that during the days of Buddhist ascendancy, at least
ten per cent of the well-endowed monasteries were
respectable centres of learning and education, at least
of the status of modern degree colleges. The
contribution of Buddhism to the cause of learning
and education was thus very great.
HINDU TEMPLE COLLEGES.
Introduction : We have seen already how edu-
cational activity became a part of the daily monastic
life fairly early in the history of Buddhism. It is,
however, only from the 10th century that we get
evidence of Hindu temples becoming centres of higher
education. It is however quite possible that temples
began to undertake educational work much earlier,
though we have yet no evidence on the point. The
causes that led to this new development have been
indicated already at pp. 72-3.
SALOTGI TEMPLE COLLEGE.
A Famous and Free College : The village of
Salotgi in Bijapur District of the Bombay Presidency
was a famous centre, probably of Vedic learning, in the
10th and 11th centuries A. D. The Sanskrit college
that flourished at this place must have existed for a
long time, for it eventually transformed the original
name of the place, Pāviṭṭage, into Sālotgi, which is an
abbreviated and Prakritised compound of Śālā and
Pāviṭṭage. The college was located in a spacious
hall, attached to the temple of Trayī-Purusha, which
was built by Nārāyaṇa, a minister of the Rāshtrakūṭa
emperor Kṛishṇa III. Owing to its far spread fame for
efficiency, the college could attract students from