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Detailed explanation-1: -Megasthenes visited Pataliputrasometime during the reign of Chandragupta Maurya but it is not certain which other parts of India he visited.

Detailed explanation-2: -Megasthenes, a Greek historian, came to India during the Mauryan Era around 300 BCE. It is said that he spent years chronicling his different experiences in India.

Detailed explanation-3: -Megasthenes, (born c. 350 bc-died c. 290), ancient Greek historian and diplomat, author of an account of India, the Indica, in four books. An Ionian, he was sent by the Hellenistic king Seleucus I on embassies to the Mauryan emperor Chandragupta.

Detailed explanation-4: -Seleucus sent an ambassdor, Megasthenes, to the Mauryan court of Chandragupta Maurya. Q.

Detailed explanation-5: -Faxian’s visit Chinese pilgrim Faxian visited India during the reign of Chandragupta, and spent around six years in the Gupta kingdom.