The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c15.115

v1.c15.115

In all the British Empire there is but one land frontier on which warlike preparation must ever be ready. It is the north-west frontier of India. True that there is another boundary even longer, drawn across the American continent, but there fortunately only customs-houses are necessary, and an occasional police guard. The north-west frontier of India, on the other hand, lies through a region whose inhabitants have been recruited