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None of the sources I had said much of anything about pre-colonial social structure in the timeframe we were allowed. However, Hinduism was fairly centralized in India, so it likely borrowed that class structure

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The british handed over the reins of the colonization to the East India Company, who gained rights to have a total monopoly in 1600. They weren't much better than the portuguese colonizers already there, and made it worse by pitting the two against each other, having them attack port cities that allowed the other one to dock, killing a lot of people.

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Shortly after Goa (an indian country) was colonized, the Portuguese (appeared prior to the british) colonizers initiated a horrible inquisition on the "heathen" Goans, because they did not practice Christianity, and instead were likely Hindu. both non-converts and recent converts were harassed or killed for their faith, though non-converts were targeted more.

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“Indian Economy on the Eve of Independence - TOPPR.” Indian Economy on the Eve on Independance, September 21, 2023, www.toppr.com/guides/economics/indian-economy-on-the-eve-of-independence/.

"Goa: Uniquely Indian." Arab News [Jeddah, Saudi Arabia], 9 Feb. 2011. Gale In Context: World History, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A248783858/WHIC?u=lsc&sid=bookmark-WHIC&xid=a984f520. Accessed 26 Sept. 2023.

Dale, Stephen Frederic. "European Commercial Enterprise in Pre-Colonial India." The Historian, vol. 63, no. 1, fall 2000, p. 177. Gale In Context: World History, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A68952087/WHIC?u=lsc&sid=bookmark-WHIC&xid=262f9b0b. Accessed 26 Sept. 2023.

Dale, Stephen Frederic. "European Commercial Enterprise in Pre-Colonial India." The Historian, vol. 63, no. 1, fall 2000, p. 177. Gale In Context: World History, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A68952087/WHIC?u=lsc&sid=bookmark-WHIC&xid=262f9b0b. Accessed 26 Sept. 2023.

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I wanted to use Oxford.com, but it just kinda confused me, and I wasn't able to finish reading

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India was trading with other continents before colonization, but they weren't europe. they primarily traded with countries nearby, like Japan and China. Though it was primarily agrarian, meaning that they primarily farmed, not getting their food from export,  The British still coveted Indian cotton and silk textiles, handicrafts, jewelry work, ect, despite the fact that they were not the first hands with these items. This, along with their spices, was likely the reason the British colonized India
One con, however, is that infrastructure was very below average. Transportation lines weren't great, and most villages lacked connectivity,

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The economy during the rule of the British took a very large hit. They were mainly only able to supply raw material, while in turn being forced to buy large amounts of finished products, which were much more effective than the raw material used to produce them.
One of the few pros of the colonization was the massive improvement of connection between villages (mostly because this improved the efficiency of gathering material)
This exploitation, like many others, continued beyond the Age of Exploration, and up to near the modern day