[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) › c12.85 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c12.85 The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c12.85 - **Language:** English ### [c12.85](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c12.85) The third and last began with a charge by the Macedonian massed cavalry which crashed into the broken Indian ranks and effected an awful carnage. The battle ended at the eighth hour of the day (Plutarch, \*Life\*, ch. 60) in a scene of murderous confusion, which is best described in the words of Arrian, whose account is based on that of men who shared in the fight. - [Previous: c12.84](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c12.84) - [Next: c12.86](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c12.86) - [Up: c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c12.85](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c12.85) · Pramāṇa