[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) › c21.21 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c21.21 The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c21.21 - **Language:** English ### [c21.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c21.21) In the seventeenth and eighteenth years of his reign he decided definitely upon his line of action, and proclaimed the principles of his government to his people in a series of edicts engraved upon the rocks, including Minor Rock Edict I and the Fourteen Rock Edicts, and laying down the general rules which must guide the conduct of the lieges. - [Previous: c21.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c21.20) - [Next: c21.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c21.22) - [Up: c21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c21) ## Cites (2) - [Major Rock Edicts](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.asoka.re) - [Minor Rock Edict I](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.asoka.mre.mre1) — Prakrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c21.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c21.21) · Pramāṇa