[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) › c28.134 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c28.134 The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c28.134 - **Language:** English ### [c28.134](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c28.134) ¹ The settlements of the Ābhīras appear to have been very ancient; for their name is associated with that of the Sūdras in a dictum of Patañjali (second century B. C.); Kielhorn, \*Mahābhāshya\*, i, 252 (\*Ind. Ant.\*, xlvii (1918), p. 36). - [Previous: c28.133](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c28.133) - [Next: c28.135](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c28.135) - [Up: c28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c28) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c28.134](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c28.134) · Pramāṇa