[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) › c20.6 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c20.6 The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c20.6 - **Language:** English ### [c20.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c20.6) Other scholars have not been slow to avail themselves of Mr. Shamasastry’s valuable pioneer work, and a considerable literature is growing up around the text of the \*Arthaśāstra\*. Among the most important of these publications are (1) \*Studies in Ancient Hindu Polity\* (based on the Arthaśāstra of Kautilya) by Narendra Nath Law, M.A.; B.L., vol. i, Longmans, Green & Co., 1914—a valuable analysis of parts of the treatise, especially civil law, from a lawyer’s point of view; (2) \*Public Administration in Ancient India\* by Pramathnatha Banerjea (Macmillan, 1916)—a learned and accurate work; and (3) \*The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology\*, Book i, by Professor Benoy Kumār Sarkār (Pāṇini Office, Allahabad, 1914). Further discussion is bound to illuminate many parts of the text which still remain obscure. - [Previous: c20.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c20.5) - [Next: c20.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c20.7) - [Up: c20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c20) ## Linked texts (1) - [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya) — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c20.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c20.6) · Pramāṇa