Early Common Era—High Middle Ages Chinese ... (of which they favored classical or court languages like Sanskrit or Persian), while the utilitarians (also called anglicists) like Lord William Bentinck, ... The native elite demanded modern education. The University of Madras, founded in 1857, became the single most important recruiting ground for generations of ever more highly …

Madrasa (/ m ə ˈ d r æ s ə /, also US: /-r ɑː s-/, UK: / ˈ m æ d r ɑː s ə /; Arabic: مدرسة [mædˈræ.sæ, ˈmad.ra.sa] (), pl. مدارس, madāris) is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, secular or religious (of any religion), whether for elementary instruction or higher learning.The word is variously transliterated Madrasah arifah, medresa, madrassa, madraza, medrese, etc.In …