Alcohol from India in former times (6)
I believe the answer is:
pastis
'alcohol' is the definition.
(pastis is a kind of alcohol)
'india in former times' is the wordplay.
'india' becomes 'i' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'former times' becomes 'pasts' (I've seen this in another clue).
'i' inserted into 'pasts' is 'PASTIS'.
'from' is the link.
(Other definitions for pastis that I've seen before include "Alcoholic drink flavoured with aniseed" , "Aniseed-flavoured aperitif" , "Aniseed aperitif" , "Rectangular" , "Aniseed-flavour aperitif" .)