Megasthenes : (c.350– c.290 BC) a Greek explorer historian of Asia Minor, whom, around 302 BC, Seleucus I Nikator sent him as his ambassador to Chandragupta Maurya of Magadha, who ruled from Pātaliputra. Megāsthenes travelled over north & north-eastern India for about four years. His Indica became the firm basis of Europe’s ‘authoritative knowledge’ of India.
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