Document Type
Article
Department
History (CMC)
Publication Date
2002
Abstract
Madrasas: In the archival records of the British colonial state, as well as in the private records of members of the Indian intelligentsia, the indigenous school of North India is referred to by the generic term 'madrasa'. There is no exclusive implication of this institution as Islamic. This is close to the literal meaning of 'madrasa' which is 'the place of dars': dars being teaching, instruction, a lesson, or lecture.
Rights Information
© 2002 Seminar Publications
Recommended Citation
Kumar, Nita, "History at the Madrasas" (2002). CMC Faculty Publications and Research. 290.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_fac_pub/290
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Comments
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