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There are almost no recorded famines in India before Mughal or British rule, or after British rule either.

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

Incorrect. Cyclical famines were common in India; records of famines go back to 500 BC: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41612-021-00219-1.

India was a bastion of food, crop and spice growth however incoming invaders did not have the knowledge of agriculture in the same way local indians did (british named it indore method etc)

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