[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) › c36.142 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c36.142 The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c36.142 - **Language:** English ### [c36.142](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c36.142) Persian hair-washing festival, 130 : penalty of shaving the hair, 137 \*n.\*: exposure of the dead to vultures, 162 \*n.\* : names in Indian inscriptions, 140 \*n.\* : influence on India, 153, 253, 289 : style of Asoka's pillars, 173 : connexion in third century with India, 289 : combat with a lion, 309 : religion, 361 \*n.\* - [Previous: c36.141](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c36.141) - [Next: c36.143](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c36.143) - [Up: c36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c36) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c36.142](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c36.142) · Pramāṇa