'Ghatikas' or 'Ghatikasthanas' were centres of learning, particularly prominent in South India during the Pallava and Chola periods, where Vedic and other studies were pursued.
In the seventh and eighth centuries, 'ghatikas' were
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Answer: D. Educational institutions attached to the temples
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