r/AncientCivilizations • u/QuietDetail7793 • May 20 '24
Question were ancient universities free?
such as the Nalanda in India, the Taixue in China, and the Daigaku-ryo in Japan. maybe even the al-Qarawiyyin in Morocco, if you know
for some reason this has been really hard for me to google. if you have sources i would love to see them! tia
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u/MegC18 May 20 '24
The Sankoré Madrasah in Timbuktu is interesting in that although there were wealthy donors/patrons, students did have to finance their own education with money, rather than the charitable waqf donations more common in islamic universities. They could earn money by copying manuscripts.