[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) › c29.26 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c29.26 The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c29.26 - **Language:** English ### [c29.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c29.26) But we may feel assured that this Indian Napoleon first turned his arms against the powers nearest him, and that he thoroughly subjugated the Rājas of the Gangetic plain, the wide region now known as Hindustan, before he embarked on his perilous adventures in the remote south. His treatment of the Rājas of the north was drastic; for we are told that they were 'forcibly rooted up', a process which necessarily involved the incorporation of their territories in the dominions of the victor. Among the nine names mentioned, only one can be recognized with absolute certainty, namely, that of Ganapati Nāga, whose capital was at Padmāvatī, now Padam Pawāyā, 25 miles north-east of the well-known city of Narwar, which is included in the Mahārāja Sindia's dominions.¹ - [Previous: c29.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c29.25) - [Next: c29.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c29.27) - [Up: c29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c29) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c29.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c29.26) · Pramāṇa