2006-11-01 21:09:46 · 12 answers · asked by krishna s 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
India had some glorious past and great riches at some periods of her history. But even then it is doubtful that all sections of the society had a good time.
Where India lost? Because of the caste system, there really was no unity among the people. This was manipulated by the British, the mugals and all those who invaded India. Even though British invade India with the pure motive of robbing her of her wealth, there is truth in the fact the British united India, they gave a common language, and gave means to study for the downtrodden sections of the society.
2006-11-01 22:01:54 · answer #1 · answered by untouchable 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋
don't even try and blame England. If India was the richest country at the time English imperialism reached it then there would have been no problem stopping the English from conquering the Indian people. In fact English imperialization was probably the best thing to happen to India, unfortunately India forced them out and then all hell broke loose and now India is what it is, an impoverished nation that is suffering. If India was once the richest country in the world (which I sincerely doubt) then you will have to look deep into history books to find out what happened.
2006-11-02 05:16:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The British Empire
2006-11-02 07:15:22 · answer #3 · answered by Mike J 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
England
2006-11-02 05:11:09 · answer #4 · answered by ModBod 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Richest in... what? People with no toilets in the 21st century? Illiterates? Mindless overcrowding? Yea... it is still the richest in many ways.
2006-11-02 05:12:34 · answer #5 · answered by Politia 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It took too much rest and thought things will remain the same.
Exactly the same thing which is going to happen to US.
2006-11-02 05:19:58 · answer #6 · answered by Lucky 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes they were but that was before the 200 years of British rule.
2006-11-02 05:14:07 · answer #7 · answered by SunShine 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Too much conflict ion...... Not enough foresight to challenge it's public.
2006-11-02 05:41:25 · answer #8 · answered by nasturtium41 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
England invented the machine gun
2006-11-02 06:04:22 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
drought destroyed their farms
2006-11-02 05:11:50 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋