Because India there never was an subcontinent wide empire who can force people to adopt one official language until the British came along. There never was an India, Pakistan nor Bangladesh before British widrawal from India.

China on the other hand used to be like India, multiple states of varying sizes until one emperor managed to get one ring to rule them all

Disclaimer, i sourced most of my so called facts above from my years of reading historical novels (mostly British authord) and Chinese novels and comics plus the kingdoms manga

This post has been edited by tupai: May 24 2025, 12:56 AM