The famous Greek ambassador Megasthenes provides an eye opening account of life in India circa 288 B.C. Also included is Indica by Arrian who visited India in the 2nd century A.D.
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Ancient India - Described by Megasthenes and Arrian
The famous Greek ambassador Megasthenes provides an eye opening account of life in India circa 288 B.C. Also included is Indica by Arrian who visited India in the 2nd century A.D.
The famous Greek ambassador Megasthenes provides an eye opening account of life in India circa 288 B.C. Also included is Indica by Arrian who visited India in the 2nd century A.D.
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Ancient India - Described by Megasthenes and Arrian
The famous Greek ambassador Megasthenes provides an eye opening account of life in India circa 288 B.C. Also included is Indica by Arrian who visited India in the 2nd century A.D.
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ANCIENT INDIA
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Tu account of India written by Meg:
thends from his personal knowledge of the
country is justly held to be almost invala-
able for the light which it throws upon the
obscurity of early Indian history. Though,
unfortunately, not extant in its original
form, it has nevertheless been partially
preserved by means of epitomes and quota-
tions to be found scattered up and down
the writings of various ancient authors,
hoth Greek and Roman. Dr. Schwanbeck,
of Bonn, rendered historical literature a good
service by collecting and arranging in their
proper order these detached fragments.
The work thus reconstructed, and entitled
*Megasthenis Indica, has now been before
the world for upwards ofthirty years. It has
not, however, so far as I know, been as yet
translated, at least into our language, and
hence it is but little known beyond the
circles of the learned. The translation now
offered, which goes forth from the very birth-
place of the original work, will therefore ror
the first time place it within the reach of the
general public.