that sense, Bharat’s civilisation may be understood as a federal civilisation with multiple sub-identities that are free to retain their identities but have remained culturally and politically bound for millennia. This is evidenced by the fact that this land has a recorded history of being politically referred to as ‘Bharatavarsha’ or ‘Bharat’ without interruption notwithstanding the Islamic invasions or European colonisation. Simply put, Bharat’s self-understanding as a single cultural, civilisational and political unit has not changed and its internal diversity has not come in the way of
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