[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) › c36.81 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c36.81 The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c36.81 - **Language:** English ### [c36.81](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c36.81) Ichthyophagoi, savages, 112. Ili, river, 263. Ilion, Alexander's sacred shield from, 101. Iltutmish (Altamsh), took Kanauj, 404 \*n.\* Indaura, town, 80. Independent tribes, \*see\* Autonomous tribes. India, lost history of, 1: connexion with West of, 2: story of ancient, 3: unity of, 5: paramount power in, 6: earliest foreign notice of, 12: Greek and Chinese accounts of, 12-15: Albērūnī's inquiry into, 15: Marco Polo in, 15: Muhammadan historians of, 15: inscriptions in Southern, 17, 467: coins of, 18: chronology of, 20-2: beginning of political history of, 28: ancient states of Northern, 29: capital of, 38: Indus boundary of, 40: in Persian inscriptions, 41 \*n.\*: Chandragupta master of, 44: Alexander's plans for conquest of, 52: road from Kābul to, 53: Alexander the first European to enter, 59: futility of political combinations in, 99: slavery in, 105: connexion of Gedrosia with, 110, 159: duration of Alexander's stay in, 115, 120, 252: not Hellenized by Alexander, 117, 153, 252: Megasthenes's account of, 126, 253: land revenue in, 149: irrigation in, 138: high degree of early civilization in, 142: nearly all included in Asoka's empire, 172: Asoka made Buddhism dominant in, 197: European invasions of, 254: religious persecution in, 213: vague meaning of name in ancient times, 246: alleged mission of St. Thomas to, 245–9, 260–2: no Greek architecture in, 255: commerce between Roman empire and, 270, 275, 462: intercourse of China with, 278, 374–9: supposed Persian invasion of, 289: political divisions in fourth century of, 302: Gupta government of, 315: Bhandarkar on early history of, 317 \*n.\*: history in sixth century of, 348: normal anarchical autonomy of, 370: embassies between Persia and, 442. - [Previous: c36.80](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c36.80) - [Next: c36.82](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c36.82) - [Up: c36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c36) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c36.81](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c36.81) · Pramāṇa