Linking to my other comment here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18685130 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18685130 Delegation is not the same as "di

Linking to my other comment here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18685130 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18685130 Delegation is not the same as "divide and rule". There was active animosity amongst these provinces. The British played Bengal and Punjab against each other, for example. The Marathas did resist the British in their own strongholds, but they never centrally ruled an undivided India. It was a big empire nonetheless.