Centres During Vedic Period b.ed Notes

1. Taxila:

• It was the capital of the then Gandhar State in northern India.

• It is believed that this town was established by the then Gandhar King Bharat in the name of his Taksha.

• Later on, Taksha made this city his capital and invited scholars from different places to settle there.

• He donated them villages and entrusted them the responsibility of education.

2. Kaikay :

• It was the capital of the then Kaikay State in Central India.

• It was the chief centre of education in the Upanishadic period.

• It had good arrangement for the education of Sanskrit language, grammar, literature, Vedas, religion and philosophy.

• He also organised scholars conferences at regular interval in his capital.

3.Mithila : 

                It was the capital of the then Mithila State in Central India.

Though it developed as an important educational centre much before in the Vedic period and conferences of scholars of religion and philosophy used to be held there but in the Upanishadic period it developed as the chief centre of Vedic education.