[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) › c18.17 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c18.17 The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c18.17 - **Language:** English ### [c18.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c18.17) ³ Niese's notion that Chandragupta recognized the sovereignty of Seleukos (\*die Oberhoheit des Seleukos anerkannte\*) has no foundation, except the anecdote that Chandragupta paid honour to the altars set up by Alexander at the Hyphasis. The facts that Seleukos retired from India, giving up valuable provinces in exchange for only 500 elephants out of the 9,000 possessed by Chandragupta, that he entered into a matrimonial - [Previous: c18.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c18.16) - [Next: c18.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c18.18) - [Up: c18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c18) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c18.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c18.17) · Pramāṇa