alleryStart learning →Megasthenes, whose account survives in fragments, was a:
AGreek ambassador
BPersian merchant
CChinese pilgrim
DRoman senator
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Greek ambassador
1. Foreign visitors left precious records of the Mauryas.
2. Megasthenes was a Greek ambassador
3. to the court of Chandragupta Maurya.
_Source: syllabus History, Theme 2 'Kings, Farmers and Towns' (lehs102)_
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