[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) › c16.59 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c16.59 The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c16.59 - **Language:** English ### [c16.59](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c16.59) ¹ All the experts are agreed that Krateros must have used the easy open route past Kalāt, through the Mulla (Mūla, Mulloh) Pass, along the modern caravan road. The Bolān and Quetta route did not come into use until recent times (Holdich, \*The Gates of India\*, 1910, p. 147; Sykes, \*Ten Thousand Miles in Persia\*, p. 49). The Mulla Pass is open all the year round (Masson, \*Journeys\*, ii, 120). - [Previous: c16.58](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c16.58) - [Next: c16.60](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c16.60) - [Up: c16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c16) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c16.59](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c16.59) · Pramāṇa