In the 1700s, as the mughal empire grew weaker, a. the british government immediately sent troops to colonize india b. a new empire, the gupta empire, rose to take its place c. the east india company began to increase in power and expand its territory d. the sepoys rose rebelled against the emperor

The answer is C. The East India Company began to increase in power and expand its territory

Since coming to India, the British East India Company was gradually working on developing trading posts, consolidating its power and building its own militia.

Starting initially in the Eastern City of Calcutta in Bengal, the company worked almost a 1,000 miles away from Traditional Mughal Capitals of Lahore, Delhi and Agra.

Over the next few years it completely dominated Indian politics and for the first time in history defeated every local power to rule over all of the sub-continent.