What is the primary significance of Megasthenes' 'Indica'?

It provides a rare detailed, albeit sometimes exaggerated, eye-witness account of Mauryan administration, the caste system, and the city of Pataliputra.

Mauryan Foreign Relations

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Exam Year

1997

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ID: HIS_ANC_1997_191 Ref: Megasthenes, Indica

Famous Greek ambassador Megasthenes came to the court of which emperor?

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The famous Greek ambassador Megasthenes visited the court of the Mauryan Emperor Chandragupta Maurya.