[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) › c7.10 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c7.10 The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c7.10 - **Language:** English ### [c7.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c7.10) The author’s aim is to present the story of ancient India, as far as practicable, in the form of a connected narrative, based upon the most authentic evidence available; to relate facts, however established, with impartiality: and to discuss the problems of history in a judicial spirit. He has striven to realize, however imperfectly, the ideal expressed in the words of Goethe:— - [Previous: c7.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c7.9) - [Next: c7.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c7.11) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c7.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c7.10) · Pramāṇa