[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) › c18.154 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c18.154 The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c18.154 - **Language:** English ### [c18.154](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c18.154) Chandragupta ascended the throne at an early age, and inasmuch as he reigned only twenty-four years, must have abdicated or died before he was fifty years of age.³ In this brief space of life he did much. The expulsion of the Macedonian garrisons, the decisive repulse of Seleukos the Conqueror, the subjugation of at least all Northern India - [Previous: c18.153](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c18.153) - [Next: c18.155](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c18.155) - [Up: c18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c18) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c18.154](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c18.154) · Pramāṇa