[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) › c23.42 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c23.42 The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c23.42 - **Language:** English ### [c23.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c23.42) These cases, ancient and modern, are sufficient to prove that when Asoka made an innovation by appointing Censors, officers who 'had never been appointed in all the long ages past', the new departure was in accordance with Hindu notions, and was consequently readily imitated in later times by rulers of various religions. - [Previous: c23.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c23.41) - [Next: c23.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c23.43) - [Up: c23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c23) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c23.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c23.42) · Pramāṇa