Later, Persia (now Iran) and Afghanistan were added. The area of India was somewhat less than that of the United States, but the population was a number of times greater.
भारत का विस्तार संयुक्‍त राज्य अमरीका से कुछ कम था, लेकिन उसकी जनसंख्या कई गुणा अधिक थी ।