Hinduism is a religion practiced mainly in India and other asian countries that has the belief that the soul is an eternal entity and is part of the spiritual realm, and the body is only the recepient of the soul, so when the body dies the soul continues to live on and re-incarnates back to the physical realm, and how and where its reincarnated its dictated by Karma and what does the soul has to work and learn.
The answer is "t<span>he confederation among the states was too strong and too centralized" as this statement is not true so it can not be a disadvantage. </span>