[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) › c18.158 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c18.158 The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c18.158 - **Language:** English ### [c18.158](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c18.158) from sea to sea, the formation of a gigantic army, and the thorough organization of the civil government of a vast empire were no mean achievements. The power of Chandragupta was so firmly established that it passed peacefully into the hands of his son and grandson, and his alliance was courted by the potentates of the Hellenistic world. The Greek princes made no attempt to renew the aggressions of Alexander and Seleukos upon secluded India, and were content to maintain friendly diplomatic and commercial relations with her rulers for three generations.¹ - [Previous: c18.157](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c18.157) - [Next: c18.159](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c18.159) - [Up: c18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c18) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c18.158](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c18.158) · Pramāṇa