[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) › c30.10 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c30.10 The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c30.10 - **Language:** English ### [c30.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c30.10) In brief, one must conclude that Samudragupta received Vasubandhu, the Buddhist author and patriarch, at court, either as a minister or as an intimate counsellor, with the sanction and approval of his father Chandra-gupta I, and, further, that Samudragupta, although officially a Brahmanical Hindu, studied Buddhism in his youth with interest and partiality. - [Previous: c30.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c30.9) - [Next: c30.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c30.11) - [Up: c30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c30) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c30.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c30.10) · Pramāṇa