Multiple choice

Who wrote 'Indica'?

  1. Seleucus Nikator

  2. Heliodoros

  3. Dionysius

  4. Megasthenese

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D Correct answer
Explanation

Megasthenes was the Greek ambassador sent to the court of Chandragupta Maurya by Seleucus I Nicator. His work 'Indica' provides the first significant foreign account of Indian society, geography, and culture during the Mauryan period.