Ancient History PYQ 182 of 208 · Ancient Literature

Who was the author of ‘Indica’?

  1. AVishnugupta
  2. BMegasthenes
  3. CDeimachus
  4. DPliny

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Correct answer: (b) Megasthenes

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Indica. Megasthenes is the most useful of the Greek writers on Mauryan India, alongside Nearchus, Onesicritus and Aristobulus.

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