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What Is the EU-like System in India?

When India was disunited, you had lots of kingdoms. The common civilians could go from kingdom to kingdom for trade or whatever. And there was no problem as such. So, it was very much an EU-like system, apart from the central leadership that EU is supposed to have. Today, we have the Westphalian nation-state system which means that you need to have these passports and visas to travel from one nation to another. Imagine a system which has the India, Nepal kind of arrangement all over. Just show your documents and get in. No authorization needed. That could happen. When it comes to nations like Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Pakistan, it's still problematic. I don

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