Himalayan Times (1959)

January 4 1859

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. hand- lhe student were
to learn by heart soma
poetry or praise of God,
. and the teaohar were to
see whether it is properly
praotiaed or not.

The teacher must im-
part his instruction on
the basis of the child's
previous knowledge, so
that the pupil may be
able to grasp the new
lesson on the basis of
already acquired know-
ledge and thus a bond
will be established with
what he knows and what
is given.

Akbar stressed the need
of cooperation betweeu
. the pupil and t e teacher
which is to be based and
ruled by love.

The subjects were not
only Muslim theology,
grammar, eto but those
subjects which were r eed
cd to 1 ve a practical
life, such as books of mo-
rals, arithmetic, agricul
ture, geometry { mensura-
tion, astronomy, houehold-
matters. the rules of go
vernmrnt medicine, logic,
tabii ie. the physical sci-
ences, riyazi i e. sei nee
of quantity and ilahi i e.
science of religion and
history. ,

TFfa aim of such an
education was not only
religions but social i.e. to
enable each individual to
aoquire a position in the
society and to live a pros-
perous life.

These regulations cer-
tainly bring out ia
very favourable light only
Akbar's interest in and/
care for the education of
his subjects but also for
his attemps to make that
eduoation efficient.

The above discussion

sounds like an emblem
of a modern thinker who
regards education as the
unfoldment of talent po
tentialities and holds ob-
sTvaticn ss the basis of
instruction, language
should always be linked
with observation, the tea-
cher should proceed
from the known to the
unknown, from simple to
comphz, trschirig should
aim at development and
not at dogmatic exposi-
tion, teacher should res-
pect the individuality of
the pupil and the relation
between the two should
be based upon and ruled
by love.

Thus one can without
hesitation accept Akbar
ss a great modern thinker
in the 16th century.

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AMERICAN BRIDE FOR
NtPALESE PRINCE
Cleveland Dec. 25
A suburban Cleveland
girl was disclosed today
to be the fianoee of
Prince Basundhara Bir
Bikramsbah of - Nepal,
fourth in line for succes-
sion to the throne of the
small Himalayan King-
dom.

Lynn Waldron {221
daughter of brewing com-
pany's production msnn-.
gar took out a marriage
licence on Nov. 13 in
New York with the hand-
some 32 year old prince.
The wedding plans are
awaiting the approval of
the Prince's father Ring
Mahendra, and of the
Queen Mother.

Miss Waldron met
the Prince in Nepal when
she made a 10-month
world tour whioh ended
last July. She has written
• book based on her ex-
periences which has been
accepted for publication.
The Prince has been in
New York for the past
few months as an obser-
ver of his nation's dele,
gation to the United
Nations. Miss Waldron'a
father - said . the . couple
planned to live in Nepal
at least part of the time.

Waldron said that
no date or place for
wedding had been set.

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