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To: SeeSharp

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_history_of_India

“According to economic historian Angus Maddison in his book Contours of the world economy, 1–2030 AD: essays in macro-economic history, India had the world’s largest economy during the years 1 AD and 1000 AD.[17]”


36 posted on 12/21/2016 9:45:17 AM PST by entropy12 (Officially POTUS on Dec 19th!)
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To: entropy12
India had the world’s largest economy during the years 1 AD and 1000 AD.

Keep in mind though, during that time period "India" was little more than a geographic expression. See Middle kingdoms of India.

43 posted on 12/21/2016 2:27:06 PM PST by SeeSharp
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