Question

who was megasthenes answer in short

Answer 1

Megasthenes (/mɪˈɡæsθɪniːz/ mi-GAS-thi-neez; Ancient Greek: Μεγασθένης, c. 350 – c. 290 BC) 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 the writings of the later authors.

Answer 2

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Megasthenes was a Greek ambassador in the court of Chandragupta. He wrote a book named ‘Indica’. He provides us important information about the Indian society of that time.