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“Political unity in South Asia only really occurred during the British Raj, the period from the 17th to the 20th Century when the British East India Company and the British Empire conquered the whole sub-continent. The Mauryas, Guptas, and Mughals had come close, but never fully succeeded.”
“Political unity in South Asia only really occurred during the British Raj, the period from the 17th to the 20th Century when the British East India Company and the British Empire conquered the whole sub-continent. This was one of the few times when all of South Asia came under the rule of one single polity.”