 He received his early education in arithmetic and algebra at the Marathi school in Nagpur.He also studied the Lilāvati and Bijaganita under "Dhundiraja Misra".Noting his talent, the British political agent Lancelot Wilkinson secured his admission to the Sehore Sanskrit school where he studied Siddhānta Shiromani, Euclidean Geometry and European science in general under Pandit Sevarama and Wilkinson himself.