Comment by viridian Comment by viridian 11 hours ago 4 replies Copy Link View on Hacker News How so? There are 172 million Muslims in India.
Copy Link SilverElfin 6 hours ago Collapse Comment - I think he means since they aren’t originally “Indian” but are colonizers of India who arrived through invasion. Reply View | 3 replies Copy Link oblio 6 hours ago Parent Next Collapse Comment - That might have been the case 200+ years ago but for sure the majority of Indian Muslims these days are just descendants of converted Hindus and Buddhists, etc. Reply View | 0 replies Copy Link anon291 5 hours ago Parent Prev Collapse Comment - So are the brahmins. The indigenous religions of India are basically gone. Only remembered in various folklore. Reply View | 1 reply Copy Link SilverElfin 4 hours ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - Where can I read more about this? That the indigenous are gone? Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link oblio 6 hours ago Parent Next Collapse Comment - That might have been the case 200+ years ago but for sure the majority of Indian Muslims these days are just descendants of converted Hindus and Buddhists, etc. Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link anon291 5 hours ago Parent Prev Collapse Comment - So are the brahmins. The indigenous religions of India are basically gone. Only remembered in various folklore. Reply View | 1 reply Copy Link SilverElfin 4 hours ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - Where can I read more about this? That the indigenous are gone? Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link SilverElfin 4 hours ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - Where can I read more about this? That the indigenous are gone? Reply View | 0 replies
I think he means since they aren’t originally “Indian” but are colonizers of India who arrived through invasion.