Question : Who among the following foreigners was the first to visit India ?
Option 1: Hiuen Tsang
Option 2: Magasthenese
Option 3: I-Tsing
Option 4: Fahien
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22nd Jan, 2024
Correct Answer: Magasthenese
Solution : Correct Answer is Megasthenes
The first foreigner to visit India was the ambassador of Seleucus Nikator, Megasthenes. Al-Masudi, Fa-Hien, Hiuen-Tsang, Marco Polo, Abdul Razak, and other notable foreign ambassadors have visited India. In the Hellenistic era, Megasthenes was an explorer, historian, diplomat, and ethnographer from ancient Greece. At Chandragupta Maurya's court, he represented Seleucus Nicator I.
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