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who was megasthenes​

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Who was Megasthenes?

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Megasthenes was an ancient Greek historian, diplomat and Indian ethnographer and explorer in the Hellenistic period. He described India in his book Indika, which is now lost, but has been partially reconstructed from literary fragments found in later authors. 

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Megasthenes was an ancient Greek historian, diplomat. He became an ambassador of Seleucus I Nicator to Chandragupta Maurya in Pataliputra. He wrote a book called Indica which is an account of Mauryan India. For his pioneering work he is regarded as the Father of Indian History.

Explanation:

Megasthenes was an ambassador who was sent to the court of Chandragupta by the Greek ruler of West Asia named Seleucus Nicator. He wrote a book entitled 'Indika' which provided information regarding Mauryan period.

Megasthenes visited India sometime between c. 302 and 288 BCE, during the reign of Chandragupta Maurya. The exact dates of his visit to India, and the duration of his stay in India are not certain. Modern scholars generally assume that Seleucus sent him to India immediately after the treaty with Chandragupta.

Indica

Indica was the book the megasthenes wrote. It is a book containing information about mauryan India.

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.