[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) › c29.174 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c29.174 The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c29.174 - **Language:** English ### [c29.174](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c29.174) All Indian traditions agree in representing Mihiragula as a bloodthirsty tyrant, 'the Attila of India,' stained to a more than ordinary degree with the 'implacable cruelty' noted by historians as characteristic of the Hun temperament.² Indian authors having omitted to give any detailed description of the savage invaders who ruthlessly oppressed their country for three-quarters of a century, recourse must be had to European writers to obtain a picture of the devastation wrought and the terror caused to settled communities by the fierce barbarians. - [Previous: c29.173](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c29.173) - [Next: c29.175](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c29.175) - [Up: c29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c29) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c29.174](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c29.174) · Pramāṇa