The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c26.s1.57

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² *Periplus*, ch. 38. The work used to be ascribed erroneously to Arrian. It has been translated with notes by McCrindle (*Ind. Ant.*, viii, 1879, pp. 108–51), and by W. H. Schoff, 1912. The date A. D. 246 or 247 for the final redaction of the work proposed by Reinaud, is impossible. McCrindle dates it between A. D. 80 and 89. Mr. Schoff (p. 15) suggests A. D. 60, but in a subsequent letter to me he expresses his preference for A. D. 80. The best authenticated date is A. D. 70 or 71 (Kennedy in *J. R. A. S.*, 1918, p. 112). The 'Indus' should be understood to mean the Mihrān of Sind, including the Indus proper, as explained by Raverty. McCrindle's version was also published separately (Calcutta and London, 1879).