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Megasthenes was a Greek ethnographer and explorer in the Hellenistic period. He wrote the work Indica. He was born in Asia Minor.Arrian says that Megasthenes lived in Arachosia, with the satrap Sibyrtius. At the beginning of his Indica, he speaks about the older Indians who know about when Dionysus and Hercules arrived in India. This story was very popular during the Alexandrian period. What he says about the religions of the Indians is important. He mentions the devotees of Heracles (Lord Krishna) and Dionysus (Lord Shiva or King Lord Indra).Megasthenes' Indica is the first well-known description of India by someone from the Western world.
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he was the ambassador of selucus nicator a king of greek
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