HISTORY
ANCIENT INDIA
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Question
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Megasthanes visited India during the period of
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Chandragupta II
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Ashoka
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Chandragupta Maurya
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Harsha
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Hint: He visited India at some point between the 302 and 298 B.C. Megasthenes as a Greek envoy of Seleucus I Nicator visited Pataliputra .
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Megasthenes visited Pataliputra sometime during the reign of Chandragupta Maurya but it is not certain which other parts of India he visited. He appears to have passed through the Punjab region in north-western India, as he provides a detailed account of the rivers in this area.
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