SSC
INDIAN HISTORY
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Question
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Who authored the book Indica?
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Daimachus
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Megasthenes
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Dionysus
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Porus
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The Indica was written by Magasthenes. He was an ancient Greek historian, explorer and Indian ethnographer. He was an ambassador of Seleucus at the Mauryan court in Pataliputra. Q.
Detailed explanation-2: -The correct answer is Indica. Megasthenes compiled information about India in the book Indika/Indica, which is now a lost work and only survives in quotes quoted by later writers in their books.
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