[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) › c8.9 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c8.9 The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c8.9 - **Language:** English ### [c8.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c8.9) Independent proof of the existence of the \*Skanda Purāṇa\* at the same period is afforded by a Bengal manuscript of that work, 'written in Gupta hand, to which as early a date as the middle of the seventh century can be assigned on palaeographical grounds.'⁴ - [Previous: c8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c8.8) - [Next: c8.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c8.10) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c8) ## Linked texts (1) - [Skandapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c8.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c8.9) · Pramāṇa