A lot of states massively inflate their GDP in estimates to create news.
Uttar Pradesh this year has estimated a nominal GSDP growth of 28% almost 3x of national average.
Very interesting. Indian state level GDP as reported, vs. as revised two years later. The correlation is about 0.3.
This is project ITIHAS, created by a couple of high school students (!) in Mumbai. Link in 🧵
@JacobAShell@razibkhan Few traders can't effect genetic makeup of millions.
India was too populated after 300 BC for any foreign group to have meaningful impact. Subcontinent had estimated 75M people in 1AD.
https://t.co/OWXhHrS0Ie
Lack of capability != Lack of intent. As Aizawa noted in 1825 long before Japanese encountered Mohammedans in flesh:
"But neither has attempted to invade our Middle Kingdom because they specialize in cavalry warfare to the detriment of naval operations."