Is that a satire or are you being serious?
India had immense trade with Arabs and Europeans much before British ever came. During Mughal period, India had 1/3rd of global GDP. Indian spices were so much in demand in Europe that they worried that too much gold is being drained out of Europe to India.
When you are content with wealth within your country, you are not incentivized to look for conquest outside.
But Mughals were foreigners you can't claim them to be indian when convenient. It was only Mughal who elevated India to be global power and empowered it to be biggest economy of the world.