[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) › c33.11 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c33.11 The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c33.11 - **Language:** English ### [c33.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c33.11) The dynasty was founded by a chieftain named Pulakēsin I, who made himself master of the town of Vātāpi, the modern Bādāmi in the Bijāpur District, about A. D. 550, and established a principality of modest dimensions. He aimed, however, at more extended power, and is said to have asserted his claim to a paramount position by celebrating an \*aśvamedha\*, or horse-sacrifice. - [Previous: c33.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c33.10) - [Next: c33.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c33.12) - [Up: c33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c33) ## Linked texts (1) - [Badami](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.badami) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c33.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c33.11) · Pramāṇa