ABSTRACT
The main object of the Veda schools of the Hindus is to teach young Brahmans to recite mantras and portions of the Vedas, and thus to fit them in after-life to assist at the various rites and ceremonies of the Hindu household. In rural districts the school children are to be seen seated before the Mulla on the raised verandah of a mosque, all reading aloud at the same moment from the books in front of them and swaying their bodies to-and-fro as they read. The Hindu Sanskrit schools teach grammar, logic, medicine, and philosophy and are confined to Brahman pupils. Many schools teach only writing; others only writing and multiplication-tables; but in many towns the larger schools have extended their programme and more or less follow the departmental standards of instruction. The ordinary daily routine of a Hindu indigenous school is nearly the same in all the parts of the Presidency.
