Hmm but India has existed in the form of multiple state entities that changed every hundred years or so for much longer than the 1k years.
The Roman empire was also fragmented before its creation, and after. Look at how many Italian states divided the peninsula before the 19th century.
Our modern notion of "country" is only a couple hundred years old.
The Roman empire was the most unified state entity for a millenium. But their idea of unified was different from ours.
Hmm but India has existed in the form of multiple state entities that changed every hundred years or so for much longer than the 1k years.
The Roman empire was also fragmented before its creation, and after. Look at how many Italian states divided the peninsula before the 19th century.
Our modern notion of "country" is only a couple hundred years old.
The Roman empire was the most unified state entity for a millenium. But their idea of unified was different from ours.