HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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Ashok
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Bindusar
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Chandragupta Maurya
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Brthadrath
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Detailed explanation-1: -He became an ambassador to the court of the Mauryan ruler Bindusara “Amitragatha” (son of Chandragupta Maurya ) in Pataliputra in India. Deimachus was sent by Antiochus I Soter. As an ambassador, he was the successor to the famous ambassador and historian Megasthenes .
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: -Deimachus came to India during the reign of Bindusara. Syrian King Antiochus-I sent his ambassador Deimachus to the court of Bindusara. Deimachus replaced Megasthenes. Megasthenes, Deimachus and Dionysius were the Greek historians who served ambassadors in the Mauryan court.
Detailed explanation-4: -1. It was written by Megasthenes, who was a Greek ambassador in the court of Chandragupta Maurya.