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India as a political entity refers to all the times 'India' has existed as a political entity.


Even though for most of history 'India' has existed as an physiographical region denoting all land east of the Indus.

But 'India' has also existed as a political entity usually in form of Pan-Indian States (Empires,Kingdoms,Republics)


The Following are :

Mauryan Empire (Jambudvipa)[1]

Delhi Sultanate (Hind and Sind)[2]

Mughal Empire (Hindustan)[3]

Other political entities which encompassed majority of the Indian Subcontinent are :

Gupta Empire

Maratha Confederacy

Vijaynagar Empire

But these did not call themselves as an Indian Entity.






References

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  1. ^ Annual Report Of Mysore 1886 To 1903.
  2. ^ Jackson, Peter (2003). The Delhi Sultanate: A Political and Military History. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-54329-3.
  3. ^ Hardy, P. (1979). "Modern European and Muslim Explanations of Conversion to Islam in South Asia: A Preliminary Survey of the Literature". In Levtzion, Nehemia (ed.). Conversion to Islam. Holmes & Meier. p. 69. ISBN 978-0-8419-0343-2. Archived from the original on 3 April 2023. Retrieved 19 March 2023.