about the Indian Education in Medieval period
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EDUCATION DURING MEDIEVAL PERIODThe period under review covers the system of education in India from about the 10th century A.D. tothe middle of the 18th century, i.e. before the British rule.Arab and Central Asian peoples brought Muslim educational models to the subcontinent in both themedieval and early modern periods. Within decades of the Prophet Muhammad's death in632C.E.,Arab mariners began to trade, reside, and intermarry with local women in south India.Turkic peoples and other Central 53Asians raided northern India around 1000 C.E. and thereafterestablished several foreign-conquest empires. Muslim rulers promoted urban education byendowing libraries and literary societies. They also founded primary schools (maktabs) in which students learned reading, writing, and basic Islamic prayers, and secondary schools (madrasas) toteach advanced language skills,India witnessed a large number of Mohammedan invasions in the beginning of the eighth century A.D. Mahmud of Ghazni invaded India and established a large number of schools and libraries in his own country by the looted wealth.