[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) › c18.49 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c18.49 The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c18.49 - **Language:** English ### [c18.49](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c18.49) ⁴ The powerful Āndhra kingdom (\*validior gens\*) possessed only 100,000 infantry, 2,000 cavalry, and 1,000 elephants. ‘Sed omnium in India prope, non modo in hoc tractu, potentiam claritatemque antecedunt Prasii, amplissima urbe ditissimaque Palibothra’ \[\*scil.\* Pāṭaliputra\] (Pliny, vi, 19). - [Previous: c18.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c18.48) - [Next: c18.50](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c18.50) - [Up: c18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c18) ## Linked texts (1) - [Naturalis historia](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.pliny-elder) — C. Plinius Secundus, Latin --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c18.49](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c18.49) · Pramāṇa