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Competitive Exams · History GK · question 240

Q240

Megasthenes was succeeded as ambassador by

A.
Darius
B.
Demetrius
C.
Deimachos
Answer
D.
Philip

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
Megasthenes was born in Asia Minor and became an ambassador of Seleucus I Nicator of the Seleucid dynasty to Chandragupta Maurya in Pataliputra, India. ... Other Greek envoys to the Indian court are known after Megasthenes: Deimachus as ambassador to Bindusara, and Dionysius, as ambassador to Ashoka.