[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924) › c10.4 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c10.4 The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c10.4 - **Language:** English ### [c10.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c10.4) ¹ The epoch of the Kaliyuga, 3102 B. C., is usually identified with the era of Yudhishṭhira, and the date of the Mahābhārata war. But certain astronomers date the war more than six centuries later (Cunningham, \*Indian Eras\*, pp. 6–13). See Fleet, \*J. R. A. S.\*, 1911, p. 675 ; and R. Shamasastry, \*Gavām Ayana\* (Mysore, 1908). - [Previous: c10.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c10.3) - [Next: c10.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c10.5) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c10.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c10.4) · Pramāṇa