CONTENTS: Introduc tion, 1. The Origins of Indian Philosophical Ideas in the Vedas-Soma Basu, 2. Classical Indian Knowledge Systems: An Overview-Nirmalya Narayan Chakraborty, 3. The Concept of Sambandha in Navya-Nyaya-Raghunath Ghosh, 4. On Hetvabhasa-Ratna Dutta Sharma, 5. Pramanyavada: A Critique from the Nyaya Perspective-Sabita Samanta, 6. Internal Pervasion (antarvyapti): Scope and Limits-Kuntala Bhattacharya, 7. A Conversation on Pramanyavada Nyaya, Mimamsa and Jaina Perspective-Tamoghna Sarkar, 8. Spota theory of Language and its Philosophical Relevance-Devendra Nath Tiwari, 9. Manifestations and Interpretations of Kapila of Samkhya-Knut A Jacobsen, 10. Revisiting the Carvaka-darsana-Pradeep P Gokhale, 11. Buddhist Idealism- C D Sebastian, 12. Vasubandhu's Twenty Verses: Idealism, Skepticism and Beyond-Ethan Mills, List of Contributors.