Paper 1 · Higher Education
UGC NET December 2021 June 2022 (20.09.2022) Shift-II
Ancient literary work such as Banabhatta's Kadambari described good education as knowledge of how many arts (kalas)?
A16
B25
C32
D64 ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) 64 — The answer is 64.
Explanation
★The answer is 64.
★In Banabhatta's Kadambari, good education is knowledge of the arts.
★The number of such arts, or kalas, is given as 64.
★So good education there means knowledge of 64 kalas.
★These cover many practical and fine arts and sciences.
★The other numbers do not match this classical count.
★So the answer is 64.
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