[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) › c30.40 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c30.40 The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c30.40 - **Language:** English ### [c30.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c30.40) For the control of his extensive empire, Harsha relied upon his personal supervision, exercised with untiring energy, rather than upon the services of a trained bureaucracy. Except during the rainy season, when travelling with a huge camp was impracticable and opposed to Buddhist rule, he was incessantly on the move, punishing evil-doers, and rewarding the meritorious. Luxurious tents, such as were used by the Moghal emperors, and still form the \[Figure: INDIA IN A.D. 640 EMPIRE OF HARSHA. (TRAVELS OF HIUEN TSANG)\] - [Previous: c30.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c30.39) - [Next: c30.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c30.42) - [Up: c30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c30) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c30.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c30.40) · Pramāṇa