[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) › c33.53 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c33.53 The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c33.53 - **Language:** English ### [c33.53](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c33.53) Two years later Taila died, and transmitted the crown to his son Satyāśraya, during whose reign the Chalukya kingdom suffered severely from invasion by the Chola king, Rājarāja the Great, who overran the country with a vast host, said to number nine hundred thousand men, pillaging and slaughtering in a fashion so merciless that even the women, children, and Brahmans were not spared. - [Previous: c33.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c33.52) - [Next: c33.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c33.54) - [Up: c33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c33) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c33.53](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c33.53) · Pramāṇa