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There are many points you have have diverging. Mughals losing in 1556, which I have established a timeline out of. Maharathas winning the 3rd Battle of Panipat. Raja Ranjit Singh's Punjabi Empire having good successors who are strong enough to oppose the Brits. There are so many points it can drive you crazy. Perhaps one of the older ones is Ashoka the Great NOT converting to Buddhism and continuing on the ideology of warfare - going on to establish an empire which would last much longer that it did and maybe pushing India into a strong position in the modern world.