Utter poverty, most of India's population is at or below subsaharan Africa tier development and it's worse in Pakistan and Bangladesh IIRC. When you live in poverty, most of your time isn't going to be spent focusing on education for subconscious preparation for aptitude tests
>>13262810Anon, even "Dalits" and "Shudras" who migrated as indentured laborers in SEA and throughout the empire are now better off than Indians in India on average. The caste system ultimately isn't a good predictor of IQ since genetics in general is a poor indicator compared to wealth.