"The area extending from the Himalayas in the north to the sea and a thousand yojanas wide from east to west is the area of operation of the King-Emperor."
— India

January 1, 1970

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Chanakya (Kautilya): Arthashastra 9:1:17 (tr. L.N. Rangarajan) , quoted in Elst, Koenraad (2001). Decolonizing the Hindu mind: Ideological development of Hindu revivalism. New Delhi: Rupa. p.457