India had a more vibrant scientific society than the West. While the West was still figuring out if the Earth was flat or not, Indian scholars had already established that the Earth was not only a spheroid but also determined the age of the Universe (See: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.quora.com&#x2F;What-does-Hinduism-say-about-the-shape-of-the-Earth" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.quora.com&#x2F;What-does-Hinduism-say-about-the-shape...</a> and this: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Hindu_units_of_time" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Hindu_units_of_time</a>). We even had Metallurgy working way before Britain learnt about working metals. I can go on and on about Indian intellectual life way before Britain came to colonize India but it makes no sense in today&#x27;s context because most of these facts are either unknown or is of little interest to the West. See what Professor Dean Brown (a scientist from the United States) says about India, Sanskrit and India&#x27;s Scientific heritage in this video: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=7Brv2FaOluU" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=7Brv2FaOluU</a>