Question

how did british dominate over indian rulers

Answer 1

By helping one against the others.

Answer 2

Britishers were very cruel towards Indians.
British were much more powerful than Indians in terms of military power and wealth
they dominated over us because they were more powerful than Indians because they had power and Indians were not United at that time
they divided us and ruled over us.
many Indian rulers worked under the British government hence they were dominating over Indians
British annexed many Indian stated through political expansion,policy of doctrine of lapse,subsidiary alliance and many more
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