ज्ञIndian Knowledge Systems MuseumSANATAN LABS · IKS

भारतीय ज्ञान परंपरा

Indian Knowledge Systems Museum

36 states and union territories · one living knowledge

Mathematics under the stars, water saved in the desert, songs in every language and colour in every thread. Explore what India's people discovered, built and still practise.

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8 domains24 songs72 stories8 experiments36 states & UTs23 languages
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Knowledge map

Turn the map, tap a state and see what its people discovered, built and still practise: mathematics, water, metal, weaving, medicine, music and more.

BHARAT · 36
IKS Musical Knowledge Universe

Eight domains, one universe

Each domain hall has three songs, one signature story, eight supporting stories and one hands-on experiment station. Choose a hall.

8domains
24original songs
72stories
8experiments
36states & UTs
Grand finale

The Symphony of Eight Motifs

Each domain leaves one sound behind. Switch them on and play: the counting rhythm, a heartbeat, a builder's strike, a dance bol, water and birdsong, a bell, the tanpura and an artisan's hands become one symphony at 116 beats per minute.

We inherited knowledge from generations. We transform it with imagination. We pass it forward with responsibility.

3D hall

3D hall

Eight works of Indian knowledge from seven states, built as teaching models. Drag to turn them, and switch to red-cyan glasses or a cardboard VR viewer.

Models are simplified teaching sculptures, not surveyed reconstructions. Dates follow commonly published accounts; visit the sites and ask local experts for details.

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Games

Six games that cross the whole country, plus the eight domain stations above. Earn all the Gyan badges: tap one to go to its game.

All 36 · Geography

Bharat Knowledge Quest

Read the clue, then tap the right state or union territory on the map at the top or the tile grid. Ten rounds.

Kerala · Mathematics

Madhava's road to π

The Kerala school wrote π/4 = 1 − 1/3 + 1/5 − 1/7 + … centuries before it was known in Europe. Add terms and watch the sum close in on π.

Maharashtra · Līlāvatī

Bhaskaracharya's bees

From the 12th-century Līlāvatī: the square root of half a swarm flew to a jasmine bush, eight-ninths of the swarm stayed behind, and one bee hovers near its mate buzzing in a lotus. How many bees?

Śulba Sūtra · Geometry

The rope of right angles

Altar builders used a knotted cord to lay true right angles. Drag the two gold knots on this 12-knot rope until the corner is exactly 90°.

8 states · Textiles

Weave memory

Turn two cards at a time and match each weave with its state.

8 states · Water

Water wisdom

Match each landscape with the water system its people built. Tap a landscape, then its system.

Twelve fields

Knowledge areas

Every area has examples from many states. Tap a state to see it on the map.

State wing

Maharashtra wing

महाराष्ट्र · The first state wing is open

महाराष्ट्र युनिव्हर्स म्युझियम

Maharashtra Universe Museum: 36 districts, 25 songs, 53 festivals with tithi, food, sports, the Wari and Mahasangam in 3D, red-cyan and VR, a 7D Sahyadri ride and the Kalki certificate.

36 districts25 songs53 festivals34 dishes14 sports
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Its knowledge exhibits, seen through the IKS lens. Each card opens the exhibit directly:

The other 35 wings will open one by one with songs and videos in each state's language.