The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c4.1

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| CHAP. | | PAGE |
| I. | 1. INTRODUCTION . . . . . | 1 |
| | 2. THE SOURCES OF INDIAN HISTORY . . . | 9 |
| | *Appendix A.* THE AGE OF THE PURĀṆAS . | 22 |
| | *Appendix B.* THE CHINESE PILGRIMS . | 24 |
| II. | THE DYNASTIES BEFORE ALEXANDER, 600 TO 326 B. C. . . . . . . | 28 |
| | *Appendix C.* CHRONOLOGY OF THE ŚAIŚUNĀGA AND NANDA DYNASTIES . . | 46 |
| III. | ALEXANDER'S INDIAN CAMPAIGN: THE ADVANCE | 52 |
| | *Appendix D.* ALEXANDER'S CAMP: THE PASSAGE OF THE HYDASPES; AND THE SITE OF THE BATTLE WITH PŌROS . . | 82 |
| | *Appendix E.* THE DATE OF THE BATTLE OF THE HYDASPES . . . . | 89 |
| IV. | ALEXANDER'S INDIAN CAMPAIGN: THE RETREAT | 92 |
| | CHRONOLOGY OF THE INDIAN CAMPAIGN OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT . . . | 119 |
| V. | CHANDRAGUPTA MAURYA AND BINDUSĀRA, FROM 322 TO 273 B. C. . . . . . | 121 |
| | *Appendix F.* THE EXTENT OF THE CESSION OF ARIĀNA BY SELEUKOS NIKATOR TO CHANDRAGUPTA MAURYA . . . | 158 |
| | *Appendix G.* THE ARTHAŚĀSTRA OR KAUṬILĪYA-ŚĀSTRA . . . . . | 160 |
| VI. | ASOKA MAURYA . . . . . | 162 |
| | *Appendix H.* THE INSCRIPTIONS OF ASOKA; BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE . . . | 180 |
| VII. | ASOKA MAURYA (CONTINUED); AND HIS SUCCESSORS . . . . . . | 184 |
| | THE MAURYA DYNASTY: CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE . . . . . . | 206 |