The indigenous system of education was imparted through Madrasa and Maktabs for Muslims and schools and Pathshalas for Hindus, which ranged from centres and vernacular language. Lack of scientific and secular training was one of the major limitations of the higher learning. The schools were run with the help of contributions from Zamindars and local richen.
The basic was only to learn and read the regional languages such as Sanskrit, Urdu, Persian tradition beside that law, logic, metaphysics and medicines were also famous in schools syllabus. Sanskrit was a language dominated by Brahmanas and only upper class. The scheduled had different schools. Women were generally debarred from formal education system.
There was only way to give oral education. The King played no role in education sector except the patronizing of learned people. There were several elementary schools in villages that imparted the education in elementary arithmetic and basic literacy in accordance with the practical needs of society.
The British favoured the introduction of the western education through English language in the later years of acquisition of their political power in India. James Mill even felt the necessity of bringing it through legislative and administrative forms. They came to be called Anglicits who suggested to educate a group of people through which the education would filter down to the masses.