[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) › c21.16 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c21.16 The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c21.16 - **Language:** English ### [c21.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c21.16) The kingdom of Kalinga had maintained a considerable military force, which was estimated by Megasthenes as numbering 60,000 infantry, 1,000 cavalry, and 700 war elephants. The opposition offered to the invaders was so stubborn that the conquest involved immeasurable suffering. The victor records with sorrow that 150,000 persons were carried into captivity, 100,000 were slain, and that many times that number perished from famine, pestilence, and the other calamities which follow in the train of armies. - [Previous: c21.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c21.15) - [Next: c21.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c21.17) - [Up: c21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c21) ## Linked texts (1) - [Ἰνδική](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman.arrian.indica) — Λούκιος Φλάουιος Ἀρριανός, Ancient Greek --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c21.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c21.16) · Pramāṇa