What have been the impediments of growth of Science in India?

Another reason was that those who worked with their hands did not contribute to the stock of knowledge. And those who possessed even out-dated knowledge never had to test it on the touchstone of practice. Either the kingdoms fought wars or settled down to long periods of peace. It seems natural to think that in such a society there was no clamour to develop new products or new processes. Social stability and stagnation can easily go hand in hand.

The rich had no need for change, the poor had no power to bring about change. We have seen that when Islamic influence entered India in successive waves, it tended not to disturb the life of the common people who lived in rural communities. It did not interfere with the prevailing religious ethos, which remained predominantly Hindu, with its ideology tolerant of great variations, but at the same time protecting the caste system which was well established in India. We find that at the level of administering the country, and in the armed forces there was mutual support between the higher strata of people in the two communities.

Impediments of growth of Science in India 

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