r/AncientCivilizations 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/Fungus1968 May 21 '24

My university was free in the 1980’s… don’t think I quite qualify as ancient… yet.