Question : Who among the following was the author of 'Indica', an account of India under the reign of the Maurya dynasty?
Option 1: Strabo
Option 2: Pliny
Option 3: Diodorus Siculus
Option 4: Megasthenes
Correct Answer: Megasthenes
Solution : The correct option is Megasthenes.
The author of Indica, an account of India under the reign of the Maurya dynasty, was Megasthenes. The original text of 'Indica' has been lost, but fragments of it survive in the works of later Greek and Latin authors. These fragments have been used by scholars to reconstruct a partial picture of Megasthenes' account of India.
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Question : Who among the following was the founder of the Kanva dynasty?
Option 1: Narayana
Option 2: Sharman
Option 3: Vasudeva
Option 4: Devabhuti
Question : Who among the following was the commander of Muhammad Ghori, who also founded the slave dynasty in India?
Option 1: Iltutmish
Option 2: Ghiyas ud din Balban
Option 3: Aram Shah II
Option 4: Qutb ud-Din Aibak
Question : Which of the following books was written by the Roman writer Pliny the Elder?
Option 1: Indica
Option 2: Natural History
Option 3: Geographica
Option 4: Periplus of the Erythraean Sea
Question : Who among the following is the author of the book 'The Buddha and his Dhamma', which appeared in 1957 after the death of its author?
Option 1: Subhas Chandra Bose
Option 2: B. R. Ambedkar
Option 3: Mahatma Gandhi
Option 4: Motilal Nehru
Question : The Greek ambassador sent to Chandragupta Maurya's Court was:
Option 1: Kautilya
Option 2: Seleucus I Nicator
Option 3: Megasthenes
Option 4: Justin
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