[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) › c16.84 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c16.84 The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c16.84 - **Language:** English ### [c16.84](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c16.84) ¹ Holdich, \*The Indian Borderland\* (Methuen, 1901), p. 206; \*The Gates of India\*, p. 160. On the whole, according to this author, the coast-line of Makrān is not greatly changed, and most of the ports and landing-places visited by Nearchos can be identified, although many islands have been destroyed by erosion. The name of the province, which is generally spelt Makrān or Mekrān, is written Mukrān by Raverty. Holdich's lecture entitled 'A Retreat from India' (\*J. United Service Inst. India\*, 1894, p. 112, with map) is the best modern authority for the details of the Gedrosian march. The same author gives a map of Alexander's route in 'Notes on Ancient and Mediaeval Makran' (\*Geogr. J.\*, 1896). - [Previous: c16.83](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c16.83) - [Next: c16.85](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c16.85) - [Up: c16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c16) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c16.84](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c16.84) · Pramāṇa