Includes bibliographical references.

The book covers various notable areas and discussions on the meaning, significance, historicity and unceasing continuity of the Indian knowledge traditions, epics, Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, hermeneutics (Tantrayukti), Kashmir Shaivism, indigenous methodologies of social science research, Yoga, indigenous cultural ethos and structures, Vedic education, ecology, dharma, sustainability, temples as centres of culture and comprehensive social well-being, Ayurveda, Arthasastra, geometry, Shanti Parva of the Mahabharat, the Bhagavad Gita, ancient Indian weather science, etc. The book foregrounds Bharat's various knowledge traditions.