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Mangosteens’ Indica
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Megasthenes' *Indica* is one of the earliest and most significant foreign accounts of ancient India. Megasthenes was a Greek ambassador sent by Seleucus I Nicator to the court of Chandragupta Maurya around 302 BCE. During his stay at Pataliputra, the capital of the Mauryan Empire, he closely observed Indian society, administration, geography, economy, and customs. Although the original text of *Indica* has been lost, its contents are known through quotations preserved in the works of later classical writers such as Strabo, Arrian, Diodorus, and Pliny. The work provides valuable information about the political organization of the Mauryan Empire. Megasthenes described Chandragupta as a powerful ruler with an efficient administrative system. He gave an elaborate account of Pataliputra, describing it as a large, fortified city surrounded by wooden
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