The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c35.s2.16
The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c35.s2.16
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¹ Megasthenes, Fragm. I, lvi B, lviii, in Schwanbeck’s text and McCrindle’s translation; Arrian, *Indika*, ch. viii. The story may have been suggested by distorted reports of the Malabar system of succession through females. Mr. F. Fawcett informs me that at the present day the Laccadive islands are administered by the women while the men are at sea.