Seleucus appointed ____________ as an ambassador to the Mauryan court at Pataliputra.

Megasthenes

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Diodorus

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Pliny

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Arrian

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Solution

The correct option is A Megasthenes
Seleucus appointed Megasthenes as an ambassador to the Mauryan court at Pataliputra. He observed and wrote down everything he saw at the Mauryan court. Megasthenes wrote the book "Indica", which included his own detailed account of how things were run in the Mauryan Empire.

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