Q. Who among the following has written the famous “Indica”?

[A] Megasthenes

[B] Seleucus

[C] Porus

[D] Alexander

Answer: A
Notes:

Explanation: The final agreement between the two was probably not too acrimonious, since Chandragupta gave Seleucus 500 war elephants, and Seleucus sent an ambassador to Chandragupta’s court.

  • This ambassador was Megasthenes, and we owe much of the information that we have about Chandragupta to Indica, the account written by Megasthenes.
  • The original of this work is lost, but many Greek historians had reproduced parts of his account describing the court of Chandragupta and his administration.

Source: Tamil Nadu NCERT

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