The Indian Knowledge System and the constitution of India

Abstract: The Constitution of India is the lengthiest Constitution of the world. The Drafting Committee of the Constituent Assembly worked hard to produce such a monumental document for the country. While drafting the Constitution the framers studied all Constitutions of the world and incorporated all those provisions which best suited for Indian context and socio political environment. Therefore, it is very often referred as a “borrowed constitution” or a “bag of borrowings”. There is no doubt on the fact that many provisions our Constitution were borrowed from the Constitution of UK, USA and other major Constitutions of the world, at the same time it should not be forgotten that framers of the Constitution were aware of our rich heritage, culture and knowledge system which deeply influenced the framing of our Constitution. In this paper an attempt has been made to analyze the influence of Indian Knowledge System in the Constitution of India.