You can beat the bush as much as you want. Did you not understand that nation states started to emerge globally in 1700s? - Historically India (A british term) has never been a political single entity for more than a 100 years. It was always like Europe is today with a number of autonomous and sovereign political entities.
It was under Aruangzeb that Hind reached a large landmass, as well as under Ashoka in ancient times, historic accuracy of which is hard to verify from neutral/alternative historians.