[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) › c33.54 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c33.54 The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c33.54 - **Language:** English ### [c33.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c33.54) In A. D. 1052, Somesvara I, who was called Āhavamalla, fought a battle at Koppam, on the Krishnā, in which Rājādhirāja, the then reigning Chola king, lost his life.² Somesvara also claims the honour of having stormed both Dhārā in Mālwa and Kānchī in the south, and of having defeated Karna, the valiant king of Chedi. - [Previous: c33.53](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c33.53) - [Next: c33.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c33.55) - [Up: c33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c33) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c33.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c33.54) · Pramāṇa