Submitted by ElderberryJumpy9901 t3_yxqmhd in dataisbeautiful
SirLoinThatSaysNi t1_iwq622x wrote
I wonder if it's a coincidence that the Mughal invasion in the early 16c happened after the Indian population halved over the preceding two centuries. Perhaps the reduced population made India an easier target for their expansion.
(I'm not a history buff, just interested in stuff)
BeigianBio t1_iwqj4x2 wrote
The chart doesn't say that India's population halved in that time, rather it didn't grow was fast oas the rest of the world. OK, technically, the ROW population may have remained static, and India's halved, but that seems unlikely.
SirLoinThatSaysNi t1_iwqlk0e wrote
I followed the Data Source links OP posted, specifically the table at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demography_of_India#Prehistory_to_early_19th_century and used that.
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