BROAD LANDSCAPE OF INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE: A STRONG BASE FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT

India has a great deal of diversity. This diversity is found not in a single area but in many aspects, be it language or clothing, food culture or traditional Sanskrit, agriculture or festival, it is found everywhere. In fact, this variety is the biggest source of indigenous knowledge in our country. Indigenous knowledge is also known as local knowledge, traditional knowledge, folk knowledge, traditional ecological knowledge. The knowledge which is transmitted from generation to generation in the form of belief, culture, rituals and festivals and has been the foundation for agriculture, food preparation and conservation, health care, education, and the extensive range of other activities that withstand a society and its environment in many parts of the world for many centuries. Present paper focused on understanding the idea of indigenous knowledge in broader sense, significance of indigenous knowledge in modern and ancient era, Sustainable development goals stated by the united nation and concept of sustainable development, how by using this local knowledge we can achieve sustainable development in various aspects. The present paper has intention to prove helpful to policy makers and academia and other significant factors from society to address inclusive development through indigenous knowledge. Data has been collected from literature review.