"The Taj Mahal has had a bigger impact on the history of the world than anything else. If Shah Jahan had not almost bankrupted the Mughal treasury and abolished the Mughal navy to pay for the Taj Mahal than no way could a bunch of merchants from a piddly Island have taken over what at the time was the richest country in the world. Shah Jahan’s stupidity weakened the Mughal empire and it never recovered and the East India company exploited the weakness. Now without India the British empire is just a bunch of loss making coaling stations. No colony other than India ever made a profit for the British so no India no British empire. No British empire and English doesnt become the language of international commerce. Had the Mughal empire survived the language of international commerce and by extnsion that of Slashdot very well could have been Urdu"
Found this interesting observation as part of this slashdot thread
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