[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) › c29.4 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c29.4 The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c29.4 - **Language:** English ### [c29.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c29.4) ¹ According to Franke, China lost Khotan in A. D. 152. Kanishka is not mentioned by name in the Chinese histories. Franke (\*Beiträge\*, p. 99 n.) considers as doubtful the current identification of Po-ta (P'u-ta, Cantonese Pok-tiu) with Bactria, and suggests as the true equivalent the 'Paktyan land' (Πακτυικὴ γῆ), which he places to the north of Arachosia. See \*ante\*, p. 40, note 1. - [Previous: c29.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c29.3) - [Next: c29.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c29.5) - [Up: c29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c29) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c29.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c29.4) · Pramāṇa