Previous Year Question

Megasthenes was the author of Indica. He was an eyewitness to the reign of Chandragupta Maurya and came to the Mauryan court as an ambassador of Seleucus. His Indica contained an account of India, including information about its society, administration and geography. 

Important Fact: The original text of Indica is no longer extant. Parts of it survive through quotations and references preserved by later Greek and Roman writers.