[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) › c33.17 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c33.17 The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c33.17 - **Language:** English ### [c33.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c33.17) All the southern kingdoms, the Chola, Pāndya, and Kerala, as well as the Pallava, were forced into conflict with the ambitious king of Vātāpi, who undoubtedly was the most powerful monarch to the south of the Narmadā in A. D. 630. - [Previous: c33.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c33.16) - [Next: c33.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c33.18) - [Up: c33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c33) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c33.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c33.17) · Pramāṇa