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                                                                                    Why were ryots reluctant to grow indigo?   

Answer:

(i) Ryots were reluctant to grow indigo because most of the peasants and their ploughs and bullocks were busy on their rice fields at the time when the indigo planters needed them.

(ii) Even if they grew indigo, they would get a very low price for their production.

(iii) Also, indigo had deep roots and it exhausted the soil greatly, so rice cultivation could not be done on that land where indigo had been grown.