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Colonial education, missions and scholarship in Andhra
10.1–10.2 Old and new schooling
- Village schools, agraharams and mathas taught Telugu, Sanskrit and accounts before Company rule.
- Company policy moved from the Charter Act of 1813 to Wood's Despatch (1854) and the University of Madras (1857).
- Government, mission and Indian-run schools grew side by side in the Madras Presidency.
10.3–10.5 Christian missions
- Protestant missions arrived in stages, from Visakhapatnam (1805) to Kakinada (1874).
- Missions ran schools for boys, girls and Dalit converts, mainly in the coastal districts.
- Missionaries translated the Bible and wrote Telugu grammars, alongside Indian pundits.
10.7–10.9 Three named officials
- Thomas Munro: revenue administrator who ordered the 1822 survey of indigenous schools.
- Charles Philip Brown: civil servant who compiled Telugu dictionaries and edited Vemana and the classics.
- Colin Mackenzie: surveyor whose team collected kaifiyats, inscriptions and manuscripts.
10.6, 10.10–10.11 Print, Indian scholars and manuscripts
- Telugu movable type was cut at Madras in 1800–02; print spread grammars, scripture and edited classics.
- Kavali brothers, pundits and karanams did much of the collecting, copying and editing.
- Palm-leaf manuscripts were copied, compared and turned into printed editions.
10.12–10.15 Impact and legacy
- A small English-educated class and modern Telugu prose emerged by the late 19th century.
- Gains were real but unequal by caste, gender and region.
Don't confuse
- Munro surveyed schools; Mackenzie surveyed land and history; Brown worked on language and literature.
- Brown edited Vemana and the classics; he did not write them.
Branches follow the chapter's sections. Notice how education, missions, print and scholarship feed one another before the impact branch.