[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) › c12.80 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c12.80 The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c12.80 - **Language:** English ### [c12.80](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c12.80) ground, and Alexander’s horse were able to deliver their charge before the bowmen had completed their adjustments (Q. Curtius, viii, 14). The Indian horsemen, each of whom carried two javelins and a buckler, were far inferior in personal strength and military discipline to Alexander’s men (Arrian, \*Anab.\* v, 17). - [Previous: c12.78](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c12.78) - [Next: c12.81](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c12.81) - [Up: c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c12) ## Linked texts (2) - [Historiae Alexandri Magni](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.curtius) — Q. Curtius Rufus, Latin - [Ἀλεξάνδρου ἀνάβασις](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman.arrian.anabasis) — Λούκιος Φλάουιος Ἀρριανός, Ancient Greek --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c12.80](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c12.80) · Pramāṇa