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The ancient education system of all civilizations has their own unique features and significance. The great thinkers, philosophers, saints and rishies framed the destiny of the civilizations in the ancient world by their great thoughts and logics. It is because of their contributions, mankind and humanism is possible in the world. Therefore the ancient education system still has its relevance in the present day. If we look at the different ancient civilizations, we find that vocational skills, strict discipline, physical education, developing moral and ethical values among the students were the main characteristics and objectives of the education system. The education system of Egypt aimed at producing vocationally skilled citizens. On the other hand the Spartan education system concentrates on physical education along with military and civic education as they had the necessity to prepare the citizens as soldiers so that they can fight courageously against their enemy. Ancient Indian education had been evolved strictly on the foundations of Indian epistemological and philosophical traditions. The main aim of education was to equip the students with good quality of knowledge that enrich culture, character and personality. Therefore it includes the aspects like Self realization, Self discipline, Self control and character formation. Hence, it is an attempt to review the foundation and nature of the ancient Indian education system and its relevance in our present education system.