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First of all Maurya are not the only dynasty that ruled most of modern day India. Starting from Tughlaq dynasty and then Mughals ruled most of modern day India and beyond. If not directly under them smaller kingdoms accepted their suzerainty. Maurya at the time of Ashoka extended well beyond...

In ancient India upto 10th century only that ruler who ruled whole of the subcontinent was termed 'Chakravarti Samrat'. Mauryan rulers were referred so because they united all of India. From 10th century onwards Delhi was the seat of power. Whoever ruled Delhi was regarded as the ruler of...

Multiple dynasties ruling different parts of China does not make it a unified political rule throughout its history. China had its history of integration and disintegration with intermittent rule of non Han dynasties. If dynasties claiming succession of previous dynasties qualifies as...

'Qin dynasty established a centralized empire which evolves down through 20th century' does not translates into China has been a centralized political entity since the Qin dynasty. Qins laid the foundation of centralization of China as the Muaryas did for India. Qin were replaced by other...

Which academic paper claims China was a centralized political entity since 221 BC. Please refrain from CPC publications.

I said India is a nation state in respect of common culture and religion notwithstanding different ancillary sub-cultures. India's religious affiliation is unique because it is hardly found outside of India. Hindus form 80% of the population and in that sense India is a nation-state with a...

If every ethnic or cultural group is considered as a separate nation in itself then most nations of the World would not qualify to be nation states rather be multinational states. This includes Pakistan, India and China too as all of these are ethnically and linguistically diverse countries...

Which part of it is wrong? I gathered this info from the internet. Perhaps you can enlighten us more.

Yes I accept British Raj acted as catalyst for awakening of Nationalism in India. This is taught in our history books as well. The idea of nation states was the one created by Western world, from which came the ideas of modern nation states of both India and China among others. In case of China...

Your assertion that China was always ruled by one central authority is highly doubtful in itself and far from truth. Modern day China is not same as ancient Chinese kingdoms. Some Chinese kingdoms controlled most parts of China for some times in history as some Indian kingdoms like Mauryas or...

We're not discussing mythology rather history here. Boundaries of ancient kingdoms were not well defined as modern day nations. The idea of nation state of India may not have exited back then just as the idea of nation state of China is a modern concept, but the idea of culturally contiguous...

Buddha was from that part of modern day Nepal whom even the Nepalis don't consider as fellow Nepali as they don't speak Nepali and are similar to people living across the border culturally, racially and speak the same languages like maithili, awadhi, hindi etc. Buddha got enlightened in Gaya and...

Wakhan corridor belonged to no one but the nomads who lived there. The British accepted Afghan suzerainty in Wakhan after a deal with Russia so that it may act as a buffer between the British empire and the Russian empire. No British had set foot there till the late 19th century.

They didn't dig deep enough Bangladeshi. Discovery of underground water in different pits dug at few distance apart and soil that is not found at the place indicate presence of remnants of an inactive river stream.

Nincompoop pakjabi, many a people have migrated and settled in this fertile land since centuries and got assimilated culturally and socially. Pathans are just one of the many groups. They are one of the late arrivals to this region. Majority of them were brought in as mercenaries, of course they...

Nepali media is virulently anti-India, they are mostly leftist. Read the other articles from the same source to know their leanings. In one article they are complaining that Indian forces are mostly rescuing their own nationals and the relief material supplied is insufficient considering the...

* Reported in Nepali media . This has neither been written by me nor the Indian media. Media generally don't disclose their sources . This news is also being reported in local language newspapers of Nepal.

I can't say about smoking but the Chinese side is whining for sure over Indian aerial missions close to the Tibet border in Nepal. This according to the Nepali media : http://www.telegraphnepal.com/headline/2015-04-27/disaster-politics:-china-asks-nepal-to-limit-indian-activities Telegraph...

Economic incentives and fertile land was a major reason for large scale migration and settlement of Pashtuns from NW frontier India into the Doab region. Many arrived as mercenaries, they cannot be termed as conquerers who subjugated locals as you claim. The Pathans of North India are as...