How did the King of Afghanistan get selected or not by the East India Company?

how the Afghanistan monarchy was again, selected? by the British East India company ? or how was before?



and why they would choose a certain man to be king? when this happened and how changed?



please explain too what you can..how Afghanistan was part of India? before? and when, how ,why seperated?



thanks for your answers!How did the King of Afghanistan get selected or not by the East India Company?
The history of this area of the world goes further than the Neolithic times, where several empires rose, stretched and overlapped one another, thus providing for the sharing of significant cultural and ethnic characteristics. There was often conflict between various family members over the areas they ruled, and thus as major world countries started expanding their boundaries, they looked at this area of the world to curry favor. Britain and Russia were two main contenders and often played the people of this area to gain favor for their home country.



The history is long and convoluted to explain here and give a satisfactory summary. I am listing two sites that give a good "compact" history of details that will help answer your question and as this seems to be a school project, it will also provide maps showing some of the shifting borders through the ages, a point that will help anchor the answers to your questions.The third site give some great background info to understand how the history started.



This area has a very rich and very long history that is interesting to learn about. It will help give some insight to the challenges the world faces when trying to understand current history of the area.



All the best...