[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.s2.42 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c35.s2.42 The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c35.s2.42 - **Language:** English ### [c35.s2.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c35.s2.42) These notices, recorded by the Greek and Roman authors, concerning the extent and methods of commerce are no doubt extremely interesting, but they give little help towards the reconstruction of the political history of Kerala. In fact, next to nothing is known on that subject until Kerala was forced into contact with the aggressive Chola power in the tenth century, from which time the Chola inscriptions throw some sidelights on the history of the western kingdom. - [Previous: c35.s2.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c35.s2.41) - [Next: c35.s2.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c35.s2.43) - [Up: c35.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c35.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c35.s2.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c35.s2.42) · Pramāṇa