[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) › c35.s1.11 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c35.s1.11 The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c35.s1.11 - **Language:** English ### [c35.s1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c35.s1.11) ⁴ Pope, 'Extracts from the Tamil \*Purra-porul Venba-Mālai\*, and the \*Purra-nānnūrru\* (\*J. R. A. S.\*, 1899, p. 242). Pope was not so decided in opinion concerning the early date of the literature as South Indian scholars are, but subsequent discussion seems to establish the high antiquity of the great classical works in Tamil. - [Previous: c35.s1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c35.s1.10) - [Next: c35.s1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c35.s1.12) - [Up: c35.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c35.s1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c35.s1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c35.s1.11) · Pramāṇa