BOOK SUMMARY OF TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS AND ARCHAEOLOGY
The Traditional Knowledge Systems (TKS) are the corpus of accumulated folk
knowledge gained through trial and error through millennia. This folk knowledge
therefore has a parental relationship to the elite science. The micro-variations
of the ambient harsh environment of the hills have been responsible for the
extremely rich community knowledge systems and a biodiversity necessary for
sustainability of human life here. The mountain people also cultivate many
lesser known crops and medicinal plants and this biodiversity is of immense
value for the future, for genetics, health and breeding. Most of the village
people depend upon the Himalayan medicine