Greta, Mia and Rihanna are paid foot soldiers of a faceless enemy but that faceless enemy itself isn’t paid. It does it out of fear. The fear of a truly awakened India, the Bharatvarsha of yore.

Let me explain how.

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Let’s wind our clocks back to the Gupta ages. There are bustling cities with proper roads, drainage systems and every other facilities. People are religious and law abiding, state treasury is flowing with money.

The west at the same time is in utter chaos.

Varahamihira and Aryabhata, are writing about planetary motions, Kalidasa is writing the story of Shakuntala. Vatsyayana is writing the Kamasutra, a book about carnal pleasures and Susruta is writing his Samhita on Ayurveda.

West is still busy fighting.

Let’s quickly jump through the collapse of different empires after the Gupta age. Arabs, Afghans and finally Mongols attack India and set up bases in different parts of India. Out of these Mughals stay for a long time. The decadence of India begins.

West starts rising.

Many Hindus are converted. The Vedic Varna order stands defiled. Temples are razed and people are systematically deracinated. But most Hindus resist and hold on to their culture. A unique feat in medieval history.

West is turning into a colonising power.

“The Mugal were champions of economy and they built a India theory demystified” - A thread

Numerically challenged, statistically unhinged and data noob liberals quote data to prove that Mughals were some sort of economic geniuses who led India to its most prosperous years.

According to data compiled by economic historian Angus Maddison:

“…as recently as 1700, Qing China and Mughal India each represented a little less than 25 per cent of world GDP”,

Liberal elites in media and academia latched on to it. This soon became the dominant narrative.

25% is a huge deal but this is what we can call a classic example of half truth.

So did Maddison lie? No she didn’t.
But she did hide (or overlooked) the data prior to the period she mentions. Hers was not the most detailed study.

The reality is that under Mughals, India registered a steep decline in its GDP share of the world. India’s highest GDP share was during the Gupta ages when India strictly followed the Hindu way of life.

This chart that I have taken from Jeff Desjardins’ essay “2,000 Years of Economic History in One Chart” puts data into the correct perspective.