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WBCS Preliminary Examination 2018 — General Studies · Question 29 of 200

Q29
History of India
Who came to India during the time of Chandragupta Maurya?
  1. a.Faxian (Fa Hien)
  2. b.Xuanzang (Hiuen Tsang)
  3. c.Megasthenes
  4. d.Strabo

Answer: (C) Megasthenes

Megasthenes was sent as ambassador by Seleucus Nicator to the court of Chandragupta Maurya at Pataliputra, and wrote the 'Indica'. Fa Hien (Faxian) came in the reign of Chandragupta II of the Gupta dynasty, and Hiuen Tsang (Xuanzang) came in the time of Harshavardhana. Strabo was a Greek geographer who never visited India but quoted Megasthenes. Deimachus came as ambassador to Bindusara's court.

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