WBCS.LIVE practice question

Which Greek ambassador visited the court of Chandragupta Maurya?

Solve this multiple-choice question and check the correct answer with its explanation below.

Answer options

  1. Deimachus
  2. Dionysius
  3. Heliodorus
  4. Megasthenes

Correct answer and explanation

Correct answer: Megasthenes

Explanation: āœ… Correct Answer: D) Megasthenes šŸ“š Explanation: Megasthenes was sent to the Mauryan court by the Seleucid ruler Seleucus I Nicator following a peace treaty with Chandragupta. His work, 'Indica', provides a detailed ethnographic account of Mauryan administration, social classes, and the city of Pataliputra. Although the original text is lost, its fragments survive in the writings of later Greek and Roman historians.