D.P. Mukerji viewed Indian society as a complex unity sustained through diversity rather than in spite of it. For him, unity in India did not arise from uniformity, but from a historically evolved synthesis of multiple cultural, religious, linguistic, and regional traditions. He argued that Indian unity was primarily cultural and social, not merely political or administrative, rooted in long-term civilizational processes. Mukerji emphasized that Indian society developed through continuous interaction between tradition and change. Diversity was not a sign of fragmentation but a functional feature that allowed Indian society to absorb external influences while retaining an underlying coherence.