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WBCS Preliminary Examination 2018 — General Studies · Question 32 of 200

Q32
History of India
Who was referred to as 'Sandrocottus' in the writings of the Greeks?
  1. a.Ashoka
  2. b.Bindusara
  3. c.Chandragupta Maurya
  4. d.Dhana Nanda

Answer: (C) Chandragupta Maurya

Greek and Roman writers such as Justin, Strabo and Plutarch called Chandragupta Maurya 'Sandrocottus' (Sandrokottos); Sir William Jones first made this identification in 1793, which gave Indian chronology a fixed starting point. Bindusara was called 'Amitrochates' (from Amitraghata, slayer of foes) by the Greeks, and the last Nanda king Dhana Nanda appears as 'Agrammes' or 'Xandrames'.

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