[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.s2.12 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c35.s2.12 The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c35.s2.12 - **Language:** English ### [c35.s2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c35.s2.12) It is impossible to name a date for the abandonment of Korkai as a port, but the coins of that mint are supposed to extend up to about A. D. 700. The special crest or cognizance of the princes of Korkai was the battle-axe, often associated with the elephant. The kings of Madura adopted a fish, or a pair of fishes, as the family crest.³ - [Previous: c35.s2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c35.s2.11) - [Next: c35.s2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c35.s2.13) - [Up: c35.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c35.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c35.s2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c35.s2.12) · Pramāṇa