[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) › c28.25 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c28.25 The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c28.25 - **Language:** English ### [c28.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c28.25) In the course of their westward migration in search of grazing-grounds adequate for the sustenance of their vast numbers of horses, cattle, and sheep, the Yüe-chi, moving along the route past Kuchā (N. lat. 41° 38′, E. long. 83° 25′), to the north of the desert of Taklamakān, the Gobi of old maps, came into conflict with a smaller horde, named Wu-sun, which occupied the basin of the Ili river and its southern tributaries, the Tékès and Kongès.¹ The Wu-sun, although numbering a force of only ten thousand bowmen, could not submit patiently to the devastation of their lands, and sought to defend them. But the superior numbers of the Yüe-chi assured the success of the invaders, who slew the Wu-sun chieftain, and then passed on westwards, beyond Lake Issyk-kūl, the Lake Tsing of Hiuen Tsang, in search of more spacious pastures. A small section of the immigrants, diverging to the south, settled on the Tibetan border, and became known as the Little Yüe-chi; while the main body, which continued the westward march, was designated the Great Yüe-chi. - [Previous: c28.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c28.24) - [Next: c28.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c28.26) - [Up: c28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c28) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c28.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c28.25) · Pramāṇa