Indica is a famous historical account of ancient India written by Megasthenes, a Greek ethnographer and ambassador of Seleucus I Nicator to the court of Chandragupta Maurya, the founder of the Maurya Empire, in Pataliputra (modern Patna).
Indica was written by :
Asked in OPSC CS Prelims 2017 · Topic: Ancient Literature and Litterateur (Early Historical Biographies and Chronicles (e.g., Harshacharita))
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