[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) › c16.8 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c16.8 The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c16.8 - **Language:** English ### [c16.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c16.8) ¹ Arrian (\*Anab.\* vi, 2), on the excellent authority of Ptolemy, son of Lagos, who became king of Egypt. The same author in \*Indika\*, ch. xix, probably on the authority of Nearchos, gives the total strength as 800 only (νῆες δὲ αἱ σύμπασαι αὐτῷ ὀκτακόσιαι ἦσαν, αἵ τε μακραὶ καὶ ὅσα στρογγύλα πλοῖα, καὶ ἄλλα ἱππαγωγά, καὶ σιτία ἅμα τῇ στρατιῇ ἄγουσαι). Curtius and Diodorus estimate the number of vessels as 1,000. Considering that 8,000 troops, several thousand horses, and vast quantities of supplies were carried, the higher estimate of Ptolemy must be admitted to be correct. Some editors arbitrarily change the ‘eight hundred’ of the \*Indika\* into ‘1,800’, but the reading is ‘eight hundred’. - [Previous: c16.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c16.7) - [Next: c16.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c16.9) - [Up: c16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c16) ## Linked texts (1) - [Historiae Alexandri Magni](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.curtius) — Q. Curtius Rufus, Latin --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c16.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c16.8) · Pramāṇa