No, Taoism has its origin in China rather than India. Tao is a Chinese (not Indian) concept that means a way. India does not have any significant Taoist community even now.
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For eight million years, the Himalayas have trapped and diverted precipitation to the south and east of the Tibetan Plateau, preventing moisture from reaching what are now the Mongolian and Gobi deserts.
I know the main one is British imperialism