> only major country/culture that has never been aggressive towards it's neighbors is India

I have Indian heritage, and I heard this take growing up, and I'll concede that India is on the peaceful side of the international median. That said, the folks in Sri Lanka [1][2] and Bangladesh [3] would aggressively disagree. (Book recommendation: The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida [4]. Also, anything by Assamese authors.)

And this thesis really only applies to modern India. Pre-EIC India was a subcontinent of warring states. And even for the "modern India" designation, we have to ignore the violence of political integration [5][6].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_intervention_in_the_Sri...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaffna_hospital_massacre

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh_Liberation_War

[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seven_Moons_of_Maali_Almei...

[5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_India

[6] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annexation_of_Hyderabad

1971: India intervened militarily in East Pakistan, leading to the creation of Bangladesh.

1987–1990: India deployed ~70,000 troops to Sri Lanka and engaged in combat during the civil war.

Sure:

https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/conflic...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India%E2%80%93Pakistan_wars_an...

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy6w6507wqo

Because it's only existed since 1947?

What? Kashmir, Pakistan, China, Sri lanka... I don't think has any neighbors it hasn't been aggressive towards. Was this sarcasm and I missed it?