India is a knowledge based civilization. It has always been following one of the greatest traditions of ‘आनोभद्राःक्रतवोयन्तुववश्वताः ’. This open mindedness or the pursuit and acceptance of knowledge from anywhere in the world has been the tradition in India. When it comes to literary tradition one can trace the continuity in this tradition through the influence of Vedic Literature for thousands of years. This influence, in oral tradition, has survived and is intact to speak of the importance of knowledge in India since the oldest text the Rigved originated. Vedas are the impulse of all Indian literatures.
Mr. Bhavdip Chavda (Sat,) studied this question.