History · 29 Oct 2026

Indian Knowledge Systems NEP 2020

With reference to the Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS) initiative and recent school textbook revisions, consider the following statements:

  1. Bhaskaracharya II, now presented alongside Isaac Newton in Maharashtra's Class 6 science textbook, is the author of Siddhanta Shiromani.
  2. Paragraph 4.27 of the National Education Policy 2020 deals with "Knowledge of India".
  3. The IKS Division was set up within the University Grants Commission in October 2020.
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This question is based on: Ancient Genius In, Caste Out: What Maharashtra's New History Book Has Decided to Forget
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About this question

Why in news

Balbharati's revised Class 6 books for 2026-27 add ancient Indian science and scholars under NEP 2020's IKS mandate and drop the passage on how varna hardened into caste.

Why for UPSC

UPSC often tests the institutional home of a scheme or division and the text-author link in ancient Indian science. Swapping AICTE for UGC is a classic body-swap trap.

Prelims summary

NEP 2020 Paragraph 4.27 covers Knowledge of India. The IKS Division was created in October 2020 within AICTE. Bhaskaracharya II wrote Siddhanta Shiromani and described the earth's downward pull, but not Newton's universal, mutual law of gravitation.

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