Differences between Indian and Chinese Dynasties

One of the main differences between the political systems of Chinese Dynasties and Indian Dynasties was that centralized imperial rule was an essential quality of Chinese government, while it largely failed in India.  The rulers of the Qin and Han dynasties of China ruled through a centralized bureaucratic administrative system which enabled them to implement their policies and decrees throughout their kingdom.  Meanwhile in India, this kind of centralized government only lasted for a short period of time with the Mauryan and Gupta dynasties.  Afterwards, large regional kingdoms dominated political life in India until the arrival of the Mughal empire.  Another major political difference between India and China was that in India, guilds developed among people of the society who shared similar occupations.  The people within each guild cared and provided for each other, while also maintaining social order within the guild.  Essentially, they took on the role of a centralized government and provided stability within the Indian society.  This kind of social structure was not present in China, where the centralized government kept the social order within the kingdom.