[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) › c29.138 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c29.138 The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c29.138 - **Language:** English ### [c29.138](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c29.138) ¹ R. D. Banerji ('The Chronology of the late Imperial Guptas', \*Annals of Bhandarkar Institute\*, vol. i, pt. i, 1919) believes that Puragupta set himself up as a rival in Magadha, the home province of the Guptas, during Skandagupta's absence at the time of the Hun invasion, and that Puragupta died about the same date, or very shortly after, Skandagupta. - [Previous: c29.137](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c29.137) - [Next: c29.139](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c29.139) - [Up: c29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c29) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c29.138](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c29.138) · Pramāṇa