[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) › c16.30 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c16.30 The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c16.30 - **Language:** English ### [c16.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c16.30) ² It consisted of the hypaspist infantry, the foot-archers, the Agrianian or Thracian light horse, the foot-guards under Peithōn, all the mounted archers, and half of the companion cavalry, or horse-guards. The force can hardly have exceeded 7,000 men in number. - [Previous: c16.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c16.29) - [Next: c16.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c16.31) - [Up: c16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c16) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c16.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c16.30) · Pramāṇa