[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) › c24.s1.1 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c24.s1.1 The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c24.s1.1 - **Language:** English ### [c24.s1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c24.s1.1) PUSHYAMITRA, the commander-in-chief, having slain his master Brihadratha Maurya, usurped the vacant throne, and established himself as sovereign of the now contracted Maurya dominions;¹ thus founding a dynasty known to history as that of the Sungas.² - [Previous: c24.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c24.7) - [Next: c24.s1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c24.s1.2) - [Up: c24.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c24.s1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c24.s1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c24.s1.1) · Pramāṇa