[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) › c4 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c4: Contents The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c4 - **Language:** English ### Contents ### [c4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c4.1) | 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 | ### [c4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c4.2) VIII. The Sunga, Kanva, and Āndhra Dynasties, from 185 B. C. to \*c.\* A. D. 225 . . . . 208 ### [c4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c4.3) \*Appendix I.\* The Invasion of Menander, and the Date of Patañjali . . . 227 \*Appendix J.\* The Āndhras and Connected Dynasties . . . . 229 ### [c4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c4.4) IX. The Indo-Greek and Indo-Parthian Dynasties, from about 250 B. C. to A. D. 60 . . 233 ### [c4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c4.5) \*Appendix K.\* Alphabetical List of Bactrian and Indo-Greek Kings and Queens . . . . . . 257 \*Appendix L.\* Synchronistic Table from about 280 B. C. to about A. D. 48 . . 259 \*Appendix M.\* The Christians of St. Thomas . . . . . . 260 ### [c4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c4.6) X. The Kushān or Indo-Scythian Dynasty, from about A. D. 20 to A. D. 225 . . . 263 ### [c4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c4.7) Approximate Kushān Chronology . . 293 ### [c4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c4.8) XI. The Gupta Empire, and the Western Satraps; Chandra-gupta I to Kumāragupta I, from A. D. 320 to 455 . . . 295 ### [c4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c4.9) XII. The Gupta Empire (continued); and the White Huns, from A. D. 455 to 606. . 318 ### [c4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c4.10) Chronology of the Gupta Period . . 345 \*Appendix N.\* Vasubandhu and the Guptas . . . . . . 346 ### [c4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c4.11) XIII. The Reign of Harsha, from A. D. 606 to 647 348 ### [c4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c4.12) Chronology of the Seventh Century . 373 ### [c4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c4.13) XIV. The Mediaeval Kingdoms of the North, from A. D. 647 to 1200 . . . . 374 ### [c4.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c4.14) \*Appendix O.\* The Origin and Chronology of the Sena Dynasty . . . . 431 ### [c4.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c4.15) XV. The Kingdoms of the Deccan . . . 439 ### [c4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c4.16) \*Appendix P.\* The Principal Dynasties of the Deccan . . . . . 453 ### [c4.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c4.17) XVI. The Kingdoms of the South . . . 456 ### [c4.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c4.18) Epilogue . . . . . 499 ### [c4.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c4.19) INDEX . . . . . . . 503 --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c4) · Pramāṇa