Megasthenes And Mauryan India

🧠 Summary Points

• Megasthenes’ Indica is our earliest Western window into 3rd-century BCE India.
• His account covers geography, social structure, administration, and economy.
• Pataliputra emerges as a cosmopolitan, well-planned imperial capital.
• The Mauryan state featured centralized rule, elaborate bureaucracy, and a strong army.
• These observations shaped later Greco-Roman and modern understandings of ancient India.