[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) › c29.197 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c29.197 The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c29.197 - **Language:** English ### [c29.197](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c29.197) Very little is known about the history of India during the second half of the sixth century. It is certain that no paramount power existed, and that all the states of the Gangetic plain had suffered severely from the ravages of the Huns and connected tribes; but, excepting bare catalogues of names in certain local dynastic lists, few facts of general interest have been recorded. - [Previous: c29.196](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c29.196) - [Next: c29.198](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c29.198) - [Up: c29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c29) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c29.197](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c29.197) · Pramāṇa