Indian indigenous knowledge systems (IKS) constitute a reservoir of centuries-old wisdom rooted in close interactions with nature. This paper mainly explores the actual role of these knowledge frameworks in the process of promoting sustainable in the tribal tradition across the country of India such as sacred groves, shifting cultivation, conventional water management, ethnomedicinal practices and culturally embedded ecological ethics. In Indian knowledge system (IKS) mainstream environmental coverage can fortify climate variation, ecological recuperation, and cultural continuity. These are the challenges such as documentation, participatory governance and gosectoral integration.