[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) › c18.157 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c18.157 The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c18.157 - **Language:** English ### [c18.157](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c18.157) (\*Mudrā Rākshasa\*, Act vii; Wilson, ii, p. 249). The statement in Turnour's and Wijesinha's versions of the \*Mahāvaṁśa\* that Chandragupta reigned for thirty-four years is due to a copyist's blunder (Rhys Davids, \*Ancient Coins and Measures of Ceylon\*, p. 41, note). Geiger's version (chap. v) correctly gives twenty-four years. Buddhist and Brahmanical authorities being agreed in the matter, the fact may be accepted as established. - [Previous: c18.156](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c18.156) - [Next: c18.158](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c18.158) - [Up: c18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c18) ## Cites (2) - [Mudrārākṣasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.rajacarita.mudraraksasa) — Viśākhadatta, Sanskrit - [Mahāvaṃsa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada_postcanon.vamsa.mahavamsa) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c18.157](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c18.157) · Pramāṇa