jamadagni Posted June 9, 2011 Report Posted June 9, 2011 [img]http://ogimages.bl.uk/images/019/019PHO001000S46U04661000[SVC2].jpg[/img]Photograph of pupils from the matriculation class at Bangalore High School in Karnataka from the Archaeological Survey of India Collections: India Office Series (Volume 46), taken by an unknown photographer in 1866. This image shows the European master seated at the table in the centre surrounded by his pupils. The Imperial Gazetteer of India states, "There are three classes of secondary schools - the vernacular and English middle schools, and the high schools...The English secondary school stage is divided into middle and high school sections, which really form portions of the same course...the English school education should ordinarily be completed by the time the pupil attained the age of sixteen...In English secondary schools the main course has hitherto led up to the matriculation or[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Mappa_di_Eratostene.jpg[/img]This was the world map taught in European Schools 2,200 years ago. (Around 200 BC)Notice how India is shown at the lower right corner as a square country with a slight peninsular extension.Yes, its surprising to see India being labelled "India" even 2,200 years ago. In fact, it was called "India" even 6000 years agoAmerica? What is that? :)If not for Christopher Columbus, America would still be anonymous..
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