But this isn’t enough to say that India was “doing eugenics”. Eugenics involves a conscious effort to ensure that people with “the desired traits” produce more children than other people. Did that occur?
Interesting question—Probably only in the kshatriya caste where polygyny was practiced. Not so in the other castes.
But this isn’t enough to say that India was “doing eugenics”. Eugenics involves a conscious effort to ensure that people with “the desired traits” produce more children than other people. Did that occur?
Interesting question—Probably only in the kshatriya caste where polygyny was practiced. Not so in the other castes.