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History GK · Q57

Mauryan Empire

Competitive Exams · History GK · question 57

Q57

Megasthanes, the ambassador of Selucus at the Mauryan court in Pataliputra, wrote an account of the period in his book

A.
Travels of Megasthanes
B.
Indika
Answer
C.
Indicoplecusts
D.
Both (B) and (C)

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
Megasthenes was an ancient Greek historian, diplomat and Indian ethnographer and explorer in the Hellenistic period. He described India in his book Indika, which is now lost, but has been partially reconstructed from the writings of the later authors.