Compléter 269-testVersion en ligne 269-test par Farhad Key 1 tributes adjoining aphorism influenced of sought settled subjugation Empire allegiance coffers delineated formative element The foreign policy a state , it is often argued , begins and ends with the border . No doubt an exaggeration , this nevertheless has an of truth . A state's relation with its neighbors , at least in the years , are greatly by its frontier policy , especially when there are no borders . builders in the past to extend imperial frontiers for a variety of reasons ; of kings and princes to gain their ( as well as handsome for the of the state ) , and , security of the 'core' of the empire from external attacks by establishing a string of buffer states in areas the frontiers . The history of British empire in India was no different . It is important to note in this connection that the concept of international boundaries ( between two sovereign states ) , demarcated and , was yet to emerge in India under Mughal rule .