[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) › c25.2 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c25.2 The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c25.2 - **Language:** English ### [c25.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c25.2) The authorities for the invasion of Menander are Strabo, who alone gives the Greek king's name (Bk. xi, sec. xi, 1; xv, sec. ii, 3); Patañjali, the contemporary Hindu grammarian; the Sanskrit astronomical work, the \*Gārgī Saṁhitā\*, of uncertain date; and Tāranāth, the Tibetan historian of Buddhism. - [Previous: c25.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c25.1) - [Next: c25.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c25.3) - [Up: c25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c25) ## Linked texts (1) - [Lohaśāstra (Patañjali)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.loha.lohasastra) — Patañjali, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c25.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c25.2) · Pramāṇa