The first pan-Indian empire, one that ruled across the majority of the Indian subcontinent, was the Mauryan Empire, which began in 321 BCE and ended in 185 BCE. It covered sections of modern-day Iran as well as central and northern India.
A 2013 BBC World Service poll found that 42% of Japanese people believe India's international impact is primarily beneficial, with 4% believing it to be negative.
In Esther 1:1 and 8:9, India is referred to be the eastern border of the Persian Empire under Ahasuerus (c. fifth century B.C. ), and in 1 Maccabees 6:37, the Indian mahouts of Antiochus's war elephants are referenced (second century B.C.). Other than that, the Old Bible makes no direct mention of India.
Soon after India gained independence in 1947, the Indian government began to treat Tibet as if it were an independent state. But, more recently, India's Tibet policy has taken Chinese sensibilities into account and acknowledged Tibet as a part of China.
When the Indian Constitution declared the entirety of Jammu and Kashmir to be its integral territory a few years after 1950, China did not object to Ladakh or Aksai Chin becoming a part of India.
Hodu. The Book of Esther in the Jewish Tanakh and the Old Testament of Christianity both refer to India as Hodu (Hebrew: Hoddû). Ahasuerus was mentioned as the king of 127 provinces stretching from Hodu (India) to Ethiopia in Esther 1:1 and 8.9.
According to the Mahabharata, India was once known as Bharatvarsha after the ruler Bharata Chakravarti. The legendary emperor Bharata established the Bharata Dynasty and was a forebear of the Pandavas and Kauravas. He was the child of Queen Sakuntala and King Dushyanta of Hastinapur.
So let's examine Pakistan's industrial performance and contrast it with Bangladesh's and India's data. Pakistan's nominal GDP is $296 billion, compared to India's staggering $3.05 trillion and Bangladesh's much healthier $409 billion.
British India was split into India and Pakistan in 1947, creating two separate nations. The Dominion of Pakistan is now the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the People's Republic of Bangladesh, and the Dominion of India was formerly the Republic of India.
Ceylon/Sri Lanka was never, nor is it currently, or will ever be, a part of India. Moreover, India is a British-created nation, with the current India being far smaller than British India.