Subcontinental drift.(David Gilmour's "The British in India: Three Centuries of Ambition and Experience")(Book review)

British rule benefited from its similarity to the Hindu caste system, with the Indian Civil Service functioning as the Brahmin, a warrior caste of army officers coming next and, a stage down, a caste of merchants, planters and people "in trade". [...]missionaries were widely despised as bringing nothing but trouble to the subcontinent. By his death in 1964 Elwin was revered in the now independent India as among the best of the liberal-minded Englishmen who made the country their home. l Jad Adams is the author of "Gandhi: Naked Ambition" (Quercus) British rule benefited from its similarity to the Hindu caste system