[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.s1.34 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c35.s1.34 The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c35.s1.34 - **Language:** English ### [c35.s1.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c35.s1.34) Asoka calls the Chera realm by the name of Keralaputra, 'son of Kerala', which appears in corrupt forms in Pliny's work and the \*Periplus\*, and he adds a fourth name, Satiyaputra, not recorded elsewhere.² Mangalore is the centre of the Tuluva country, in which Tulu, a language allied to Kanarese, is spoken. - [Previous: c35.s1.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c35.s1.33) - [Next: c35.s1.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c35.s1.35) - [Up: c35.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c35.s1) ## Cites (1) - [Naturalis historia](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.pliny-elder) — C. Plinius Secundus, Latin --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c35.s1.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c35.s1.34) · Pramāṇa