[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.s2.9 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c24.s2.9 The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c24.s2.9 - **Language:** English ### [c24.s2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c24.s2.9) ¹ The name of the Āndhra nation is extremely ancient, being mentioned in the \*Aitareya Brāhmaṇa\* (vii, 18), 'a work which was certainly composed prior to 500 B. C.' (D. R. Bhandarkar, \*Ind. Ant.\* xlvii (1916), p. 70). The Āndhras are there represented as a Dasyu race, living on the fringes of the Aryan settlements and descended from Viśvāmitra. - [Previous: c24.s2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c24.s2.8) - [Next: c24.s2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c24.s2.10) - [Up: c24.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c24.s2) ## Linked texts (1) - [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.7.18) — Mahidāsa Aitareya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c24.s2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c24.s2.9) · Pramāṇa