>>17971911
Same reason why places like Greece and Egypt are shitholes now despite being two of the biggest cultural exporters of ancient times. India was also a place of high culture until it went to shit at some point in modernity. I don't know much about Indian history, but I can imagine it was probably raped the hell and back by various Middle Eastern countries taking it over and interbreeding with the people there, and Europeans coming and rapidly industrializing and further mixing with the population was probably the final nail in the coffin.