They have been looked down upon for decades and possibly centuries. It had become a sort of a social norm in a sense to view them that way, hence all of the public opinion has shaped how we think of them today.
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Indus, Vedic ,Maurya, Gupta
Yes, there are Nile crocodiles, hippo's, Rhinos etc.
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