The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c7.s1.1

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The sources of, or original authorities for, the early history of India may be arranged in four classes. The first of these is tradition, chiefly as recorded in native literature ; the second consists of those writings of foreign travellers and historians which contain observations on Indian subjects ; the third is the evidence of archaeology, which may be subdivided into the monumental, the epigraphic, and the numismatic ; and the fourth comprises the few works of native contemporary, or nearly contemporary, literature which deal expressly with historical subjects.