Question

According to you, what is the importance of Indica?

Answer 1

Explanation:

‘Indica’ is a book written via the Greek Ambassador Megasthenes. He had been sent to Chandragupta Maurya’s court by means of the Greek ruler Seleucus. Megasthenes remained in Pataliputra, the capital of the Mauryan Empire and wrote ‘Indica’ at some point of his stay. In the book, he documents his impressions of India of the Mauryan period. Megasthenes’s original Indica has been lost, but parts of it nevertheless live to tell the tale in the writings of later Greek authors like Starbo, Arrian, Diodorous, Plutarch and Justin.

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Answer 2

Importance of Indica is mentioned below :

- Firstly this book ,i,e, 'Indica' is written by the renowned Greek Ambassador named as Megasthenes.

- This book is important and consists of relevant and interesting sources of information from the innermost areas of Asia.

- It consists about the important information regarding the expedition of Alexander the Great which proved to be occurred in the era of 336 and 323 BCE.