[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) › c33.55 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c33.55 The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c33.55 - **Language:** English ### [c33.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c33.55) ² Fleet, apparently in error, dates the battle of Koppam 'shortly before the 20th January, 1060' (\*Kanarese Dyn.\*, p. 441). The date 1052 is determined by Kielhorn. The site of the battle was Khidrāpur, 30 miles east by south from Kolhāpur, where there is a notable temple of Koppeśvara on the bank of the 'great river' or Krishnā (Fleet, \*Ep. Ind.\*, xii, 298). This identification seems to be correct. Rice (\*Coorg Inscrip.\*, revised ed., 1914, p. 15) identifies Koppam with Kopana-tīrtha, or Kopal or Koppal, in the Rāichur District of the Nizam's Dominions, and applies the epithet 'big river' to the Tungabhadrā, while admitting that it usually means the Krishnā. - [Previous: c33.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c33.54) - [Next: c33.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c33.56) - [Up: c33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c33) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c33.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c33.55) · Pramāṇa