मेकॉले याने २ फेब्रुवारी १८३५ ला किहिलेल्या पत्रात भारताला प्रमाणपत्र दिले आहे ,
I have travel led across length and breadth of this country and I have seen that no person in this country is a beggar or a thief such wealth I have seen in this country such wealth I have seen in this country.people of such caliber that I do not think we would ever conquer the country.
मेकॉलेच्या या प्रमाणपत्रानुसार मेरा भारत एके काळी खरेच महान होता असे वाटते.