The colonial rule came with colonial institutions. The colonial system was constructed on the basis of western thoughts and system. Intellectual movements in the west culminated in the dawn of the “modern age” passing through the historical phases of enlightenment and renaissance. The post-enlightenment era saw the colonisation of the world outside Europe. Indigenous system of imparting education was sought to be replaced by a system enunciated by Macaulay seeking to colonise Indian minds. The end of colonial rule did not end the system but it was further supplemented by a kind of secularist discourse, which was located in the framework of Orientalism. Various disciplines based on western thoughts were introduced as different fields of studies. For instance, history, political science, economics, sociology etc. are some of such study areas which continue to be important disciplines for acquiring knowledge.

It has been rarely attempted to evaluate these disciplines and to study their relevance and significance in the civilizational perspective. Some reformulation might have taken place effecting some changes in the manner these disciplines were constituted and presented but the basic framework remains the same. The framework of education, governance and polity left behind by the colonial rulers is being nurtured without problematising the entire structure and formulation. It is therefore important to study and evaluate the contemporary studies and refine them within the Indic civilizational framework.