[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) › c16.10 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c16.10 The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c16.10 - **Language:** English ### [c16.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c16.10) Alexander, who never neglected to make provision for the protection of his flank and rear, and for the uninterrupted maintenance of communications with the distant base in Europe, instructed Generals Hephaistion and Krateros to march with all possible speed to secure the capital of King Saubhūti (Sophytes, or Sopeithēs), lord of the fastnesses of the Salt Range stretching from Jihlam to the Indus, who submitted without resistance.¹ - [Previous: c16.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c16.9) - [Next: c16.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c16.11) - [Up: c16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c16) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c16.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c16.10) · Pramāṇa