SSC MTS EXAM

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: -Indica was written by Arrian, a Greek historian, public servant, military commander and philosopher of the Roman period.

Detailed explanation-3: -As per historians, Indica served a legitimizing purpose for Seleucus I and his actions in India. It depicts contemporary India as an unconquerable territory, arguing that Dionysus was able to conquer India, because before his invasion, India was a primitive rural society.