The volumes of the Project on the History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in
Indian Civilization aim at discovering the main aspects of India's heritage and
present them in an interrelated way. These volumes, in spite of their unitary
look, recognize the difference between the areas of material civilization and
those of ideational culture. The Project is not being executed by a single group
of thinkers and writers who are methodologically uniform or ideologically
identical in their commitments. In fact contributions are made by different
scholars with different ideological persuasions and methodological approaches.
The Project is marked by what may be called 'methodological pluralism'. In spite
of its