[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.s1.5 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c7.s1.5 The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c7.s1.5 - **Language:** English ### [c7.s1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c7.s1.5) The great Sanskrit epics, the Mahābhārata and Rāmāyana, while of value as traditional pictures of social life in the heroic age, do not seem to contain matter illustrating the political relations of states during the historical period. - [Previous: c7.s1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c7.s1.4) - [Next: c7.s1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c7.s1.6) - [Up: c7.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c7.s1) ## Cites (2) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki) — Vālmīki, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c7.s1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c7.s1.5) · Pramāṇa