A History of Indian Literature v1.c7.s3.5
A History of Indian Literature v1.c7.s3.5
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v1.c7.s3.5
However, the safest dates of Indian history are those which we do not get from the Indians themselves. Thus, the invasion of Alexander the Great in India, in the year 326 B.C., is a certain date, which is of importance for Indian literary history, also, especially when it is the question whether, in any literary work or class of literature, Greek influence should be assumed. From the Greeks we also know that,