Why did Indian iron smelting fall in the eighteenth century?

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Introduction of new laws.

Change of profession.

Government ban.

Increase in market price.

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Indian iron smelting declined in the eighteenth century because of new laws.
Because of the following factors, the Indian iron smelting industry declined in the nineteenth century:

People couldn't enter the protected woodlands because of new forest restrictions. As a result, iron ore and wood for charcoal couldn't be obtained by Indian smelters. A lot of smelters stopped working and began looking for alternative employment.

Each furnace that an iron smelter used required them to pay a hefty tax to the forest authority. Their income was affected by this.

Iron and steel from Britain were being imported by the late nineteenth century. Ironworkers in India first used imported iron. The demand for the iron made by the nearby smelters naturally decreased.

The country's emerging iron and steel industry began to compete with smelters at the beginning of the 20th century.

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