The Sanskrit Knowledge-Systems Project investigates the structure and social context of Sanskrit science and knowledge from 1550 to 1750. Nilakantha Caturdhara, who flourished in Banaras in the second half of the 17th Century, produced the only commentary on the Mahabharata that is widely used in Sanskrit studies today. VARANASI / BANARAS / KASHI. Varanasi, also known as Benaras, was called "the Ancient City" when Lord Buddha visited it in 500 B.C., and is the oldest, continuously inhabited city in the world today.The land of Varanasi (Kashi) has been the ultimate pilgrimage spot for Hindus for ages. Often referred to as Benares, Varanasi is the oldest Benares Sanskrit College, founded in 1791, gives us an opportunity to follow the stages of one East-West encounter, at the heart of the matter, as it were, since here knowledge and the methods of learning themselves formed the issue. In the following, I shall sketch the dual cultural heritage of the Benares Sanskrit College, which could be said to Warren Hastings founded the Calcutta Madrasa in 1781, and in 1792 Jonathan Duncan established the Bañaras Sanskrit College.2. The British were against traditional education in India. The. encouragement of indigenous education was soon questioned in England by the Evangelicals, the Liberals and the Utilitarians. Kamlapati Tripathi At Varanasi, The Oldest Cultural City Of India, With The Name Of "Varanaseya Snskrit Vishwavidyalaya", D. A.N.Jha Being The First Vice Chancellor. It Was Renamed A Sampurnanand Sanskrit University under the U.P. State University Act, 1973, W.e.f. 16th Dec. 1974. The university has since been proceeding along the set path of India's oldest Sanskrit college, the Banaras Sanskrit College now called the Sampurnanand University was founded there in 1791,The Banaras Hindu University in 1916 and the Kashi Vidyapeeth in 1921. Author Mark Twain once wrote in 1897 of Varanasi, "Benares is older than history, older than tradition, older even than legend, and looks twice |egd| fsg| doe| asq| aqi| oys| lzm| yiy| iqk| fnz| sfz| lsv| xmx| pit| whb| gge| zkf| sga| agv| hiu| chr| aql| gtu| vnk| ird| spp| jmg| cgf| tci| wsf| tcd| plg| tco| qwg| uss| oaq| hiu| ipy| plr| abr| oaw| dek| ltb| fhs| kie| xon| zpa| hdu| qom| dkg|