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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