Ancient Indian LIbraries

If libraries are the abodes of learning, then ancient India was the abode of such libraries.
Indian manuscripts reveal ancient India's concern the documentation. Except Vedas all the knowledge of eternal India was meticulously documented and preserved.
Indian libraries were called as "Grathalaya", "Pustak Bhandar", or "Saraswati Bhandar" (Place where the Goddess of learning Saraswati resides). There existed three kinds of libraries in India,
1. Takshila, Nalanda & Kasi - Universities and centers of learning.
2. King's palaces.
3. Temples of India.
During the seventh century BC, Takshila, attracted students from all over the world and had a huge collection of various texts, not only of Sanskrit, but also of other world languages Read More