[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) › c12.2 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c12.2 The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c12.2 - **Language:** English ### [c12.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c12.2) Alexander the Great,¹ having completed the subjugation of Bactria, resolved to execute his cherished purpose of emulating and surpassing the mythical exploits of Dionysos, Herakles, and Semiramis by effecting the conquest of India. Towards the close of spring in the year 327 b. c., when the sun had sufficiently melted the snows, he led his army, including perhaps fifty or sixty thousand Europeans, across the lofty Khāwak and Kaoshān passes of the Hindū Kush, or Indian Caucasus, and after ten days' toil amidst the mountains emerged in the rich valley now known as the Koh-i-Dāman.² - [Previous: c11.s1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c11.s1.1) - [Next: c12.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c12.3) - [Up: c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c12.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c12.2) · Pramāṇa