India finished fourth at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games with a total of 39 medals: 13 gold, 17 silver and 9 bronze.
The internal composition of the tally is the more informative number. Silver medals outnumbering gold indicates a squad reaching finals consistently while converting a smaller share of them, which is typically a depth story rather than a peak-performance story.
A fourth-place finish on a reduced medal base places the emphasis on conversion in the next cycle rather than on qualification.