Global Contributions Of Ancient Indian Knowledge System In The Field Of Psychology

Abstract

One can look at knowledge systems other than one’s own in two ways: one spiritually as a source of insight that can potentially enrich, complement or even replace one’s own way of looking at reality, or objectively, that wouldbecome a  cultural characteristic of others than oneself. The another one  is the approach of the most historical way of study .

For almost a century, academic psychology in India has continued to be an alien discipline. In the beginning of the last Century, psychology was imported lock-stock-barrel from the West and was first implanted in 1916 in Calcutta University. The Western model of research and teaching provided the basis on which Indian research grew for a long period. For Indian psychologists trained in the western traditions, it has been a long journey to turn towards their own heritage and take Indian concepts and theories germane to understanding Indian social reality Throughout its existence as an alien implant, psychology has been struggling to ground itself in the Indian soil and adapt to local conditions. Over the years this implant has grown, with branches spreading all over the country. However, it has not borne fruits as expected