In the Vedic age instructions were imparted “orally,
without the medium of books.”(Agarwal, 1954) Taxila
from 700 B.C. to 300 A.D. was considered to be the
most respected seat of higher learning and education
in India (Chakravorty,1954) but still there is noevidence
found so far in the archaeological excavations at Taxila
that there had been a good library system in the Taxila
University. Fa-Hien noticed such libraries at Jetavana
monastery at Sravasti (U.P). In 400 A.D., there came
into being one of the biggest known universities, the
Nalanda University, which by 450 A.D. became a
renowned seat of learning, its fame spreading beyond
the boundaries of India. Nalanda near Patna grew to
be the foremost Buddhist monastery and an
educational centre. Most of what we know of the
Nalanda University during the 6th and the 7th centuries
A.D. is due to the accounts left by Hiuen-tsang, who
without the medium of books.”(Agarwal, 1954) Taxila
from 700 B.C. to 300 A.D. was considered to be the
most respected seat of higher learning and education
in India (Chakravorty,1954) but still there is noevidence
found so far in the archaeological excavations at Taxila
that there had been a good library system in the Taxila
University. Fa-Hien noticed such libraries at Jetavana
monastery at Sravasti (U.P). In 400 A.D., there came
into being one of the biggest known universities, the
Nalanda University, which by 450 A.D. became a
renowned seat of learning, its fame spreading beyond
the boundaries of India. Nalanda near Patna grew to
be the foremost Buddhist monastery and an
educational centre. Most of what we know of the
Nalanda University during the 6th and the 7th centuries
A.D. is due to the accounts left by Hiuen-tsang, who
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