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 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek historian ⓘ
diplomat ⓘ
writer ⓘ
associatedWith Maurya Empire ⓘ
Seleucid Empire ⓘ
citedBy Arrian ⓘ
linked to: Arrian of Nicomedia

Diodorus Siculus ⓘ
Pliny the Elder ⓘ
Strabo ⓘ
citizenship Ancient Greece ⓘ
linked to: Greek Antiquity
culture Hellenistic Greek ⓘ
described Ganges River ⓘ
linked to: Ganges

Indian caste system ⓘ
Indian fauna ⓘ
Indian flora ⓘ
Indian military organization ⓘ
Indian political institutions ⓘ
Indus River ⓘ
employer Seleucus I Nicator ⓘ
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 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Ancient Greek ⓘ
notableWork Indica ⓘ
occupation ambassador ⓘ
diplomat ⓘ
historian ⓘ
positionHeld ambassador of Seleucus I Nicator ⓘ
envoy to the Maurya court ⓘ
residence Pataliputra ⓘ
sourceFor early Western knowledge of India ⓘ
timePeriod Hellenistic period ⓘ
visited Maurya Empire ⓘ
Pataliputra ⓘ
workSurvivesAs fragments in later authors ⓘ
workType account of India ⓘ
wroteAbout India ⓘ
Indian geography ⓘ
Indian religions ⓘ
Indian society ⓘ
Maurya Empire ⓘ

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Pataliputra → mentionedBy → Megasthenes ⓘ
Palibothra → knownFromSource → Megasthenes ⓘ
Palibothra → describedBy → Megasthenes ⓘ
Palibothra → visitedBy → Megasthenes ⓘ