[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) › c23.54 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c23.54 The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c23.54 - **Language:** English ### [c23.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c23.54) The active official propaganda carried on by various agencies throughout the empire and dependent states did not satisfy the zeal of Asoka; who burned with a desire to diffuse the blessings of both his ethical system and distinctive Buddhist teaching in all the independent kingdoms with which he was in touch; and with this purpose organized an efficient system of foreign missions worked under his personal supervision, the results of which are visible to this day. His conception of the idea of foreign missions on a grand scale was absolutely original, and produced a well-considered and successful scheme, carried out with method and thoroughness in conjunction and harmony with his measures of domestic propaganda. - [Previous: c23.53](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c23.53) - [Next: c23.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c23.55) - [Up: c23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c23) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c23.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c23.54) · Pramāṇa