[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) › c29.141 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c29.141 The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c29.141 - **Language:** English ### [c29.141](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c29.141) Puragupta was succeeded, about A. D. 467, by his son Narasiṁhagupta, who gave public proof of his partiality for Buddhism by building at Nālandā, in Magadha, the principal seat of Buddhist learning in Northern India, a brick temple more than 300 feet high, according to Hiuen Tsang, which was remarkable for the delicacy of its decorations and the lavish use of gold and gems in its furniture.³ - [Previous: c29.140](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c29.140) - [Next: c29.142](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c29.142) - [Up: c29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c29) ## Cites (1) - [Nālandā](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.nalanda) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c29.141](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c29.141) · Pramāṇa