Question

What Evil practices according to James mill dominated the Indian social life before the British came to India ​

Answer 1

According to James Mill, the evil practices which dominated to the Indian social life were "caste taboos, superstitious practices, & religious intolerance".

Explanation:

• It was James Mill, a Scottish political and economist philosopher, who in his book "A History of British India" had written that all Asian societies were at a lower civilisation level than Europe.
• Mill thought that Asian cultures were less humane than Europe. According to his background, Hindu and Muslim despots had controlled the world before the British came to India. Social life was governed by "religious intolerance, caste taboo and superstition". Mill thought that British rule could civilize India
• For him, British rule, was the only way that could civilise India. James mill had further suggested that Britain must conquer all of India's territories to guarantee happiness and enlightenment of the India, since India was not capable of progressing without the help of British