[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) › c23.77 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c23.77 The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c23.77 - **Language:** English ### [c23.77](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c23.77) Asoka did not attempt to destroy either Brahmanical Hinduism or Jainism ; but his prohibition of bloody sacrifices, the preference which he openly avowed for Buddhism, and his active propaganda, undoubtedly brought his favourite doctrine to the front, and established it as the dominant religion in both India and Ceylon. It still retains that position in the southern island, although it has vanished almost completely from the land of its birth, and has failed to retain its grasp upon many of its distant conquests. - [Previous: c23.76](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c23.76) - [Next: c23.78](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c23.78) - [Up: c23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c23) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c23.77](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c23.77) · Pramāṇa