History • Ancient IndiaEasy
The Greek ambassador Megasthenes, who visited the court of Chandragupta Maurya, wrote an account of India titled:
A. Indika✓ Correct Answer
B. Geographia
C. Histories
D. Anabasis
💡 Solution & Explanation
Megasthenes documented his observations of Mauryan administration, geography, and Indian society during his stay in Pataliputra in his treatise titled Indika. Other classical Greek works such as Geographia or the Histories were authored by different historians like Strabo and Herodotus.
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