[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) › c28.80 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c28.80 The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c28.80 - **Language:** English ### [c28.80](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c28.80) The final demolition of this celebrated establishment undoubtedly must have been due to the Muhammadan invasions of Mahmūd of Ghaznī and his successors. Muslim zeal against idolatry was always excited to acts of destruction by the spectacle of the innumerable images with which Buddhist holy places were crowded. - [Previous: c28.79](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c28.79) - [Next: c28.81](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c28.81) - [Up: c28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c28) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c28.80](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c28.80) · Pramāṇa