[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) › c29.113 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c29.113 The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c29.113 - **Language:** English ### [c29.113](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c29.113) The remarkable drama, entitled \*The Little Clay Cart\*, one of the most interesting of Indian plays, is now believed to date from the fifth or sixth century, if not from an earlier time. Another equally remarkable play, the \*Mudrā-Rākshasa\*, which tells the story of the usurpation of the crown by Chandragupta Maurya, probably is at least quite as old. Professor Hillebrandt is inclined to assign its composition to the reign of Chandra-gupta II (\*c.\* A. D. 400). - [Previous: c29.112](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c29.112) - [Next: c29.114](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c29.114) - [Up: c29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c29) ## Linked texts (2) - [Mṛcchakaṭika](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.prakarana.mrcchakatika) — Śūdraka, Sanskrit - [Mudrārākṣasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.rajacarita.mudraraksasa) — Viśākhadatta, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c29.113](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c29.113) · Pramāṇa