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India and the myth of 25% of t(...) 05/04/26(Mon)11:03:11 No.18460497

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India and the myth of 25% of the world's GDP Anonymous 05/04/26(Mon)11:03:11 No.18460497 Archived

There is no historical data or estimates of historical data to support Angus Maddison's claims about the "GDP" of pre-modern India, yet many people and even scholars use his ridiculous estimates. Also estimating the GDP of pre Industrial capitalist societies is dumb

Anonymous
05/04/26(Mon)11:17:58 No.18460501

Anonymous 05/04/26(Mon)11:17:58 No.18460501

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Morocco
05/04/26(Mon)11:35:01 No.18460510

Morocco 05/04/26(Mon)11:35:01 No.18460510

>>18460497
India experienced a golden age thanks to Muslims, but Hindus destroyed India.

Anonymous
05/04/26(Mon)12:03:11 No.18460534

Anonymous 05/04/26(Mon)12:03:11 No.18460534

Well considering how India and China have been pretty stable proportionally, their GDP share being the same as their share of the world population checks out. Industrialization was a very late development.

Anonymous
05/04/26(Mon)12:38:34 No.18460554

Anonymous 05/04/26(Mon)12:38:34 No.18460554

It's true but it doesn't mean anything because it's only a function of population in pre-industrial societies.

Anonymous
05/04/26(Mon)12:52:51 No.18460569

Anonymous 05/04/26(Mon)12:52:51 No.18460569

redpill me on the mughals and India?
I know nothing about India other than the train memes and gandhi from english class
Why did the Mughals not take control of the southern part of India or Sri Lanka when they already have the rest of India?
Also how did they even govern such a large state?
Did the just subjuagte some rival kingodms to pay tribute to the mughals or did they have a more active role?

Anonymous
05/04/26(Mon)13:00:17 No.18460571

Anonymous 05/04/26(Mon)13:00:17 No.18460571

>>18460569
The Mughals (as the name implies) were Turko-Iranians descended from Timur and Temujin who first conquered the Delhi Sultanate before consolidating northern India in the 16th century. They were exceptionally tolerant to all religions for most of their history, not even enforcing the jizzya (extra tax for people of the book) and had no problem with Hindus. Their downfall began around the reign of Aurangzeb who was a radical Muslim and wasted the empire's fortune on costly wars against the Tamils in the south.

Anonymous
05/04/26(Mon)13:03:21 No.18460574

Anonymous 05/04/26(Mon)13:03:21 No.18460574

>>18460497
Ehh, even if it's true it's mostly irrelevant since GDP is a modern concept developed after industrialization. India had a large population, fertile land, and as a result vast proto-industries producing silk, spices, and whatever other shit was in demand in the rest of the world which was already like 60% controlled by Europeans (their primary customers) around the time of the Mughal golden age.