[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) › c16.71 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c16.71 The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c16.71 - **Language:** English ### [c16.71](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c16.71) ² ‘Bar’, ἕρμα (\*Indika\*, 21). Some authors base ‘identifications’ on the translation of ἕρμα by ‘rock’. Arrian goes on to say that Nearchos dug a channel through ‘the softer part of the bar’, ἵναπερ μαλθακὸν ἦν τοῦ ἕρματος. - [Previous: c16.70](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c16.70) - [Next: c16.72](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c16.72) - [Up: c16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c16) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c16.71](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c16.71) · Pramāṇa