[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) › c15.3 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c15.3 The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c15.3 - **Language:** English ### [c15.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c15.3) Arrian's first statement (\*Anab.\* v, 9) that the battle was fought after the summer solstice, that is to say later than June 21, is undoubtedly correct, being in accordance with the evidence as to the state of the river and with the remark of Diodorus that when the army reached the Hyphasis it had endured violent showers of rain for seventy days. The MSS. all read \*μετὰ τροπάς\*, and the suggestion made by some editors to substitute \*κατά\* for \*μετά\* is unjustifiable. - [Previous: c15.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c15.2) - [Next: c15.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c15.4) - [Up: c15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c15) ## Linked texts (1) - [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.c15.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c15.3) · Pramāṇa