Megasthenes

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Megasthenes was an ancient Greek historian and diplomat best known for his work "Indica," which provides one of the earliest detailed accounts of India and its society.

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Megasthenes canonical 2

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instanceOf ancient Greek historian ⓘ
diplomat ⓘ
writer ⓘ
associatedWith Maurya Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Seleucid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
citedBy Arrian NERFINISHED ⓘ
Diodorus Siculus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pliny the Elder NERFINISHED ⓘ
Strabo NERFINISHED ⓘ
citizenship Ancient Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ
culture Hellenistic Greek ⓘ
described Ganges River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Indian caste system ⓘ
Indian fauna ⓘ
Indian flora ⓘ
Indian military organization ⓘ
Indian political institutions ⓘ
Indus River NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer Seleucus I Nicator NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork ethnography ⓘ
geography ⓘ
historiography ⓘ
floruit 4th century BCE ⓘ
early 3rd century BCE ⓘ
genre ethnographic description ⓘ
historical writing ⓘ
travel literature ⓘ
historicalReputation one of the earliest Western observers of India ⓘ
influenced Roman historians ⓘ
later Greek geographers ⓘ
knownFor Indica NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Ancient Greek NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork Indica NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation ambassador ⓘ
diplomat ⓘ
historian ⓘ
positionHeld ambassador of Seleucus I Nicator ⓘ
envoy to the Maurya court ⓘ
residence Pataliputra NERFINISHED ⓘ
sourceFor early Western knowledge of India ⓘ
timePeriod Hellenistic period NERFINISHED ⓘ
visited Maurya Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pataliputra NERFINISHED ⓘ
workSurvivesAs fragments in later authors ⓘ
workType account of India ⓘ
wroteAbout India NERFINISHED ⓘ
Indian geography ⓘ
Indian religions ⓘ
Indian society ⓘ
Maurya Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Pataliputra → mentionedBy → Megasthenes ⓘ