Megasthenes And Mauryan India
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EXAMIVERSE
🤝 Megasthenes: Ambassador and Observer
- Role: Ambassador of Seleucus I Nicator to the Mauryan court
- Tenure: c. 302–290 BCE in Arachosia and Pataliputra
- Notable Work: Indica (now lost, reconstructed via later writers)
- Legacy: First Western ethnographer of India; cited by Strabo, Arrian, Diodorus