Well, that's just not true. India was unified all the way from Afghanistan to Andhra Pradesh for very long periods of time[1]. After the Mughal invasion, pretty

Well, that's just not true. India was unified all the way from Afghanistan to Andhra Pradesh for very long periods of time[1]. After the Mughal invasion, pretty much the entire North India was unified under the Mughals. The end of the mughal empire was when things started getting a little fragmented and the East India company was there to take advantage of it playing one king against the other. But to say that India was a bunch of smaller countries all the time is false. EDIT: Wiki actually has a pretty good summary with pictures and the like. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_India#Early_Middle_Kingdoms_.E2.80.94_The_Golden_Age http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_India#Early_Middle_K... [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Maurya_Dynasty_in_265_BCE.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Maurya_Dynasty_in_265_BCE....