Question

Describe the sources to reconstruct the Age of the Mauryan with reference to the following: Indica

Answer 1

Indica — 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.