The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c30.s1.11
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c30.s1.11
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THE disintegration of the Maurya empire was followed by foreign invasions. Now that the unifying power was removed, the frontiers could no longer be held securely; and the history of N.W. India becomes for many centuries the record of successive conquerors who came along the routes which led from Bactria (N. Afghānistān) over the Hindu Kush into the Kābul valley or from Ariāna (Seistān and Kandahār) over the Brāhūi Mountains into Sind.