Q. The Greek ambassador “Megasthenes” visited India during the reign of?
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[A] Mahapadma Nanda

[B] Chandragupta Maurya

[C] Bindusara

[D] Ashoka

Answer: B
Notes:

Explanation: After the death of Alexander, Seleucus had established his kingdom extending up to Punjab.

  • Chandragupta defeated him in a battle some time before 301 BCE and drove him out of the Punjab region.
  • 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.

Source: Tamil Nadu NCERT

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