[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) › c18.100 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c18.100 The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c18.100 - **Language:** English ### [c18.100](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c18.100) The author assumes that the principles expounded by him are to be applied in the government of a small kingdom, surrounded by other similar kingdoms, all either actually or potentially hostile. The rules of the text-book do not provide for the needs of an extensive consolidated empire, and it is obvious that the work deals with the state of things as existing before the Mauryas had acquired paramount power. - [Previous: c18.99](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c18.99) - [Next: c18.101](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c18.101) - [Up: c18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c18) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c18.100](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c18.100) · Pramāṇa