Bharatīya Jñāna Paramparā is often misunderstood because it is studied through categories designed for text-centred and innovation-driven intellectual traditions. This essay reframes Indian Knowledge Systems as a transmission-based architecture sustained through guru–śiṣya paramparā, śāstra, oral discipline, commentary, and realisation. It explains why disciplines such as Nyāya, Mīmāṃsā, Vyākaraṇa, Śikṣā, Nirukta, and Chandas are not auxiliary…