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  Around 3500 BC various writing systems developed in ancient civilizations around the world , pictographic and logographic script followed by cuneiform script that took many years to master and only a limited number of individuals were scribes who were trained in reading and writing. The surfaces used for writing were wax covered writing boards, strips of barks from trees ,thick palm leaves that were punctured with a hole and stacked together like the pages of a book.            In India during the Vedic period 1500 BC to 600 BC ,the epics Mahabharata and Ramayan   formed a part of ancient Indian Education .During this time the students would memorize the content uttered by Gurus, the students would go to their Guru’s house at the age of five and would return home after completing their studies by the age of twenty four. The society in no way interfered with the Guru –Shishya teaching learning as the system was fully residen...

Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems concerned with reality, existence, values, reason and knowledge. Scope of philosophy is connected with axiology, epistemology. Epistemological branch of philosophy dealt with origin and nature of knowledge. It is the focus upon our means for acquiring knowledge. It also observes true nature of knowledge & beliefs, how these beliefs and knowledge are justified in the mind of an individual. Epistemological beliefs are based on two fundamentals i.e. rationalism and empiricism. Rationalism advocates that our knowledge is acquired primarily through mind. Empiricism advocates that true knowledge can be acquired through our senses. Education is a process to transmit and construct knowledge. In the present scenario epistemology is focused on the social dimensions of knowledge and inquiry. The fundamental epistemic aim of education is truth and rationality. There are many ways to transmit the truth but we must provide an op...