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
.
