[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) › c29.97 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c29.97 The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c29.97 - **Language:** English ### [c29.97](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c29.97) ¹ See R. G. Bhandarkar's brilliant essay, \*A Peep into the Early History of India from the Foundation of the Maurya Dynasty to the Downfall of the Imperial Gupta Dynasty (322 b. c.–c. a. d. 500)\*, Bombay, 1900; reprinted from the \*J. Bo. R. A. S.\* In spite of an untenable theory of the Kushān chronology, that paper is the best short account of the early history of India which has yet appeared. - [Previous: c29.96](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c29.96) - [Next: c29.98](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c29.98) - [Up: c29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c29) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c29.97](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c29.97) · Pramāṇa