What it says
Each Part opens with a painting. A bull seal of Mohenjo-daro heads Part I and a Vedic gurukul Part II. Shri Rama, Sita and Lakshmana returning home head Part III, the Fundamental Rights, and Shri Krishna teaching Arjuna at Kurukshetra heads Part IV, the Directive Principles. Later pages show the Buddha, Mahavira, Nataraja, Shivaji, Guru Gobind Singh, Rani Lakshmibai and Gandhi’s Dandi march. Beohar Rammanohar Sinha decorated the Preamble.
What it proves
The framers chose to open the republic’s law with Bharat’s own history and Itihasa, Shri Rama on the page of rights and the Gita on the page of duties of the state.
