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Why megasthenes came to india |
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Answer» Here's Your Answer Explanation:Megasthenes, (born c. 350 bc—died c. 290), ancient Greek HISTORIAN and DIPLOMAT, author of an account of India, the Indica, in four books. An Ionian, he was sent by the Hellenistic king Seleucus I on embassies to the Mauryan emperor Chandragupta.Megasthenes came to India in 302 B.C. as an ambassador for seleucos, the representative in India from the greek Prince Alexander. He took up the office on the COURT of king Chandragupta . He described in DETAIL the land, the people, the climate, the fertility of the soil etc. on his book 'Indica'. |
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