Let's not conflate correlation with causation. It's industrial revolution that caused the increase in irrigated land. It's possible that in the absence of Brit

Let's not conflate correlation with causation. It's industrial revolution that caused the increase in irrigated land. It's possible that in the absence of British rule, Indian kingdoms would have found a way to trade its resources for agricultural equipments and engineers. Unlike China and Japan, Indian kingdoms weren't isolationist, and were well connected to Europe and Persia.