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In the context of British colonial administration in India, how did the colonial 'knowledge project' (such as the Census and Ethnographic Surveys) impact Indian society?
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- 1It erased traditional social markers to build a unified, contract-based modern market economy.
- 2It rigidified fluid social hierarchies into fixed caste and communal categories by privileging elite Brahmanical texts over customary traditions.✓
- 3It prioritized physical mapping of geography while avoiding any social or demographic classification.
- 4It focused primarily on cataloging monuments to promote secular cultural nationalism across regions.
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It rigidified fluid social hierarchies into fixed caste and communal categories by privileging elite Brahmanical texts over customary traditions.
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