[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) › c33.13 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c33.13 The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c33.13 - **Language:** English ### [c33.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c33.13) The succession to Mangalēsa was disputed between his son and one of the sons of Kīrtivarman. The latter, having overcome his rival, ascended the throne of Vātāpi as Pulakēsin II in A. D. 608, and was formally crowned in the following year. For the space of twenty years or more this able prince devoted himself to a career of aggression directed against all the neighbouring states. On the west and north, the kings of Lāṭa, or Southern Gujarāt; Gurjara, or Northern Gujarāt and Rājputāna; Mālwa, and the Mauryas of the Konkan felt the weight of Pulakēsin's arm. - [Previous: c33.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c33.12) - [Next: c33.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c33.14) - [Up: c33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c33) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c33.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c33.13) · Pramāṇa