Practice mode Ancient India

Megasthenes, who wrote ‘Indica’, was the ambassador of Seleucus Nicator at the court of which ruler?

Correct answer B. Chandragupta Maurya

Explanation

Megasthenes stayed at Pataliputra as Seleucus's envoy to Chandragupta Maurya. His 'Indica' survives only in quotations by later Greek and Roman writers.

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