[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) › c12.53 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c12.53 The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c12.53 - **Language:** English ### [c12.53](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c12.53) The ready submission of the rulers of Taxila is explained by the fact that they desired Alexander’s help against their enemies in the neighbouring states. At that moment Taxila was at war both with the hill kingdom of Abhisāra, and with the more powerful state governed by the king whom the Greeks called Pōros, approximately coincident with the modern districts of Jihlam, Gujarāt, and Shāhpur.¹ - [Previous: c12.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c12.52) - [Next: c12.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c12.54) - [Up: c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c12.53](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c12.53) · Pramāṇa