[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) › c29.31 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c29.31 The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c29.31 - **Language:** English ### [c29.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c29.31) Still advancing southwards, by the east coast road, Samudragupta vanquished the chieftain who held Pishtapura, the ancient capital of Kalinga, now Pithāpuram in the Godāvarī district, as well as the hill-forts of Mahendragiri and Koṭṭūra in Ganjam; King Mantarāja, whose territory lay on the banks of the Kolleru (Colair) lake;³ the neighbouring king \[Figure: THE CONQUESTS OF SAMUDRAGUPTA, A.D. 340 and the GUPTA EMPIRE, A.D. 400 (TRAVELS OF FA-HIEN.)\] - [Previous: c29.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c29.30) - [Next: c29.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c29.32) - [Up: c29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c29) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c29.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c29.31) · Pramāṇa