Question

name the books written by Megasthenes and Kautilya

Answer 1

Megasthenese was a Greek ethnographerand explorer in the Hellenistic period. He was born in Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey) and became an ambassador of Seleucus I Nicator of the Seleucid dynastypossibly to Chandragupta Maurya in Pataliputra. Megasthenes gave an account of India in his book Indica. The original book is now lost, but its fragments have survived in later Greek and Latin works. The earliest of these works are those by Diodorus Siculus, Strabo (Geographica), Pliny, and Arrian. In this book he gives a detailed account of Mauryan Administration and Society including the caste system.

These two sources give an opportunity to understand the formation of a state, its administration and the authority and power of an emperor in ancient India

Answer 2

Books written by Megasthenes & Kotilya were Indica and Arthshastra and many others respectively.