Question

With reference to the sources of information on the Mauryan Empire, explain briefly the significance of the following:

Indica

Answer 1

Megasthenes wrote a book named Indica which contains his impressions of what he heard and saw during his stay in India. Megasthenes’ original Indica has been lost, but its fragments still survive in the writings of later Greek Authors like Strabo, Arrian, Diodorus, Plutarch, and Justin.