Appendix B

The Evidence Base

The Atlas rests on 16,303 research rows and 10,089 money flows. Table B.1 gives their distribution by arena and the share of each arena’s rows drawn from grade A or B sources (official, filed or audited records, and peer-reviewed or systematic research).

Table B.1. Rows, flows and source quality by arena

Arena	Title	Rows	Flows	Grade A–B
1.1	Religious Demography and Electoral Geography	376	0	74%
1.2	Cross-Caste Voting Cohesion among Hindus	214	0	43%
1.3	The Committed Core Electorate	379	0	12%
2.1	Party and Movement Cadres	261	0	10%
2.2	Public Opinion on Contested Questions	127	0	31%
2.3	Religious Leadership and Institutions	374	87	79%
2.4	The NGO and Advocacy Sector	868	954	93%
2.5	Street Mobilisation and Veto Power	204	0	2%
3.1	Large Business Owners	107	458	73%
3.2	Private Funding for Ideological Causes	443	3,118	96%
3.3	Trade Unions, Co-operatives and Farmer Organisations	235	0	78%
4.1	Universities and Think Tanks	861	0	34%
4.2	Expert Authority within the State	249	0	93%
4.3	Schools, Textbooks and Civil-Service Preparation	649	0	32%
5.1	Television News	105	0	0%
5.2	Interpersonal Political Communication	696	0	13%
5.3	Digital Platforms	1,162	0	100%
5.4	Newspapers and the Elite Press	136	0	26%
5.5	Celebrities and Influencers	283	0	0%
5.6	Cinema and Streaming	699	0	24%
6.1	Vote Share	680	0	5%
6.2	The Conversion of Votes into Seats	315	0	0%
6.3	Leadership Popularity	148	0	5%
6.4	Party Finance	909	2,232	98%
7.1	Executive Office	83	0	6%
7.2	Public Expenditure	495	88	100%
7.3	Police and Central Agencies	145	0	89%
7.4	The Civil Services	221	0	31%
7.5	Regulators, Commissions and Appointed Bodies	213	0	54%
7.6	Parliament	156	0	0%
7.7	The Judiciary	229	0	87%
7.8	Internal Security	518	0	23%
8.1	Western Media, Academia, Philanthropy and Rights Bodies	971	3,017	92%
8.2	Global Technology Platforms	244	20	25%
8.3	The United States	325	0	42%
8.4	China	220	0	43%
8.5	Pakistan, Bangladesh and Transnational Islamist Networks	610	30	37%
8.6	Europe, Russia, the Gulf and Other States	589	0	61%
8.7	Transnational Christian Organisations	51	85	78%
8.8	The Diaspora and India’s Image Abroad	753	0	96%