The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great

Political history from the Mahājanapadas through Alexander, Mauryas, Kuṣāṇas, Guptas, Harṣa, Rajput and southern kingdoms; appendices on chronology, coins and inscriptions.

Language

English

Authors

Vincent A. Smith, S. M. Edwardes

Extent

2,674 passages, 206,318 words

Text

complete digital text

Source

archive.org · 4th ed., revised by S. M. Edwardes, Oxford 1924; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.8 Flash; chapters and… · Public domain in India: every author died before 1966 (Vincent A. Smith †1920; S. M. Edwardes †1927);…

Contents

• c1 Front matter — 13 parts
• c2 Preface to Fourth Edition — 5 parts
• c3 Extract from Preface to First Edition — 4 parts
• c4 Contents — 19 parts
• c5 Illustrations — 3 parts
• c6 Contents of Plate of Indian Coins (1) in the British Museum — 3 parts
• c7 Chapter I. I. Introduction — 37 parts
• c8 Appendix A. The Age of the Purāṇas — 21 parts
• c9 Appendix B. The Chinese Pilgrims — 20 parts
• c10 Chapter II. The Dynasties before Alexander, 600 B.C. to 326 B.C. — 83 parts
• c11 Appendix C. Chronology of the Śaiśunāga and Nanda Dynasties — 26 parts
• c12 Chapter III. Alexander's Indian Campaign: The Advance — 97 parts
• c13 Contents of Plate of Indian Coins and Medals (2) in the British Museum — 32 parts
• c14 Appendix D. Alexander's Camp; the Passage of the Hydaspes; and the Site of the Battle with Pōros — 47 parts
• c15 Appendix E. The Date of the Battle of the Hydaspes — 11 parts
• c16 Chapter IV. Alexander's Indian Campaign: The Retreat — 107 parts
• c17 Chronology of the Indian Campaign of Alexander the Great — 8 parts
• c18 Chapter V. Chandragupta Maurya and Bindusāra, from 322 B.C. to 273 B.C. — 178 parts
• c19 Appendix F. The Extent of the Cession of Ariāna by Seleukos Nikator to Chandragupta Maurya — 12 parts
• c20 Appendix G. The Arthaśāstra, or Kauṭilīya-Śāstra — 12 parts
• c21 Chapter VI. Asoka Maurya — 100 parts
• c22 Appendix H — 12 parts
• c23 Chapter VII. Asoka Maurya (Continued); and His Successors — 106 parts
• c24 The Maurya Dynasty: Chronological Table — 9 parts
• c25 Appendix I — 14 parts
• c26 Appendix J. The Āndhras and Connected Dynasties — 25 parts
• c27 Appendix K — 10 parts
• c28 Appendix M. The Christians of St. Thomas — 139 parts
• c29 Approximate Kushān Chronology — 210 parts
• c30 Appendix N. Vasubandhu and the Guptas — 104 parts
• c31 Chronology of the Seventh Century — 14 parts
• c32 Appendix O. The Origin and Chronology of the Sena Dynasty — 48 parts
• c33 Chapter XV. The Kingdoms of the Deccan — 76 parts
• c34 Appendix P. The Principal Dynasties of the Deccan — 4 parts
• c35 Chapter XVI. The Kingdoms of the South — 4 parts
• c36 Index — 301 parts