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The Indian civilization and social set-up is comparable with the best ones the world has ever evolved. And the speciality in it lies in its being at once ancient and modern, ancient because history cannot peep into its hoary past, modern because of its adaptability to changing circumstances age after age. Vicissitudes not uncommon with nations have not spared India. But under all changing circumstances, this great country has not lost her individuality. This is due to her holding fast to great ideals are1. Education and refinement are inter-related. No civilization is ever possible without proper education. As the background to her civilization India is endowed with an ancient educational system all her own. Through ages, what India has meant by educating a man is the building of character. The history of ancient Indian education extended several centuries, and so we naturally come across different types of educational organizations in different ages. In the pre-historic period down to about 1000 B.C the family was the only educational agency both for the literary and professional education. In a few centuries, Hinduism copied the Buddhist example and organized its own temple colleges2. Monastic Universities and temple colleges were however confined to some famous centres of learning. In medieval times the Mathas of the various pontiffs (Acharyas) used to organize small centres for higher education. In the pre-historic period the followers of different Vedas had no doubt formed their own literary organizations like the Parishads (a parishad is said to consist of 21 scholars well versed in philosophy, theology and law)3 the Sakhas, and the Charanas, Organization of Buddhist universities from the accounts handed down to us about Nalanda and Vikramasila, which were typical of their class. The in the pre-press days, libraries were not only storehouses of books but also their publishers. Moreover, Sanskrit used to be the language of higher education at that time, a place presently occupied by English.