Over half of these come from the works of strabo and arrian. He gave the most complete account of india then known to the greek world and was. The original book is now lost, but its fragments have survived in later greek and latin works. Note the book is written as a military journal to know the country, hence the data has to be as factual as. Authentic information respecting the great valley of the ganges was supplied by megasthenes, an ambassador sent by seleucus, who reached the remote city of pataliputra, the modern patna. Indica books marked it as toread aug 20, book attributed to greek historian megasthenes. Megasthenes has written an account of india and also that of chandraguptas reign in his book entitled indika. Indica megasthenes pdf posted on august 11, 2019by admin t he indica of megasthenes is justly famous. Name any two sources to reconstruct the age of the mauryas. Megasthanese was the ambassador of the greck ruler scleccus niketor in the court of chandra gupta maurya he stayed in india for 6 years. Serious students and scholars who wish to see the footnotes are encouraged to refer to the original text. Indica megasthanese of medieval indian history detailed history. Free downlaod indica megasthanese pdf and read history, importane. The question, how existence of slavery was overlooked by megasthenes and how it had a castes such as and assessors.
Early indian society as reflected in indica of megasthenes abstract seems quite impressed by the idea of mauryan society and writes its appraisal in his indica. People in india usually used to brag about the culture and tradition we had long back whch i dont believe that easily as i have not reasearched it. Megastenes wikipedia bahasa indonesia, ensiklopedia bebas. Author of indica, ancient india as described by megasthenes and arrian, and ancient india as described by megasthenes and arrian, a tr. Schwanbeck and of the 1st part of the indika of arrian, by j. What is the importance of megasthenes in the greek short book. Ancient india as described by megasthenes and arrian book. Bosworth, the historical setting of megasthenes india, 1996. Another book with the same name, indica by arrian survives. His book indika explains about the indian geography, land, harvesting, people and animals. Indica is an account of mauryan india by the greek writer megasthenes. He was born in asia minor modern day turkey and became an ambassador of seleucus i of syria possibly to chandragupta maurya in pataliputra, india.
The ganges empties into the ocean that forms the eastern boundary of gangaridai. Indica megasthenes is one of the important topics in the indian history, indica megasthanese of medieval indian history detailed history. In megasthenes an account of india, the indica, in four books. Indica is the book written by megasthenes, the greek ambassador to india around 300 bc. His indica is the most authenticate account of any foreign writer about the life and times. Regarding the manner in which strabo, arrianus, diodorus, and plinius used the indika of megasthen e s, schwanbeck remarks. However, diodorus does not mention megasthenes even once, unlike strabo, who explicitly mentions megasthenes as one of his sources. Megasthenes was a greek historian who came to india in 4th century bc as an ambassador of seleucus i. His attempt was to explain a new land to the unfamiliar greeks. Jun 26, 2017 megasthenes was an ethnographer, but he may not have known it at the time.
His notion of social stratification is mainly based on. Megasthenes, in the second book of his indika, says that when the indians are at supper a table is placed before each person, this being like a tripod. For his pioneering work, he is regarded as the father of indian history. Ancient india as described by megasthenes and arrian 2nd edition 2nd edition. Ancient india as described by megasthenes and arrian by mccrindle, j. Ancient india described by megasthenes and arrian free ebook download as pdf file.
Early indian society as reflected in indica of megasthenes. Schwanbeck, and of the first part of the indika of arrian. The word ethnography is itself greek a combination of the words for nation and writing. Of particular interest is megasthenes detailed description of seven divisions of the indian society. What is the importance of megasthenes in the greek short. Ancient india as described by megasthenes and arrian. Indica is an account of mauryan india by the greek writer. Oct 31, 2019 for more information of indica megasthenes downlaod pdf. His indica is the most authenticate account of any foreign writer about the life and times of. Jul 10, 2016 this is a very poorly phrased question, anon. Strabo, andnot unlike to straboarrianus, who, however, gave a much less carefully considered account of india, abridged the descriptions of megasthenes, yet in such a way that they wrote at once in an agreeable style and with strict regard to accuracy. Megasthenes seems quite impressed by the idea of mauryan society and writes its appraisal in his indica. Being a translation of the fracments of the indika of mecasthenes collected by dr. Pdf early indian society as reflected in indica of megasthenes manjit singh academia.
Megasthenes, ancient greek historian and diplomat, author of an account of india, the indica, in four books. Ancient india as described by megasthenes and arrian, a tr. Indica megasthenes pdf t he indica of megasthenes is justly famous. Indika was written by megasthesis who was diplomat of seleucus i nicator who was a diadochisuccessor to alexander and satrap of the largest of alexanders concurred lands. He was born in asia minor now turkey arrian says that megasthenes lived in arachosia, with the satrap sibyrtius. Arrian says that megasthenes lived in arachosia, with the satrap sibyrtius. Ancient india as described by megasthenes and arrian a translation of the fragments of the indika of megasthenes collected by dr. Gold digger ants of india from the records of historian. Among others referring to indika mention may be made of.
Ia lahir di asia kecil dan menjadi duta raja seleukos i nikator dari wangsa seleukia yang diutus menghadap maharaja candragupta maurya di pataliputra, india. Megasthenes was one of several greeks who travelled to india in the period after alexander the great and left an account, in his case a fourbook work titled indika, of which about 70 fragments and quotations survive. His notion of social stratification is mainly based. He described india in his book indika, which is now lost, but has been partially reconstructed from the writings of the later. Megasthenes author of ancient india as described by. Strabo was the first to cite him by name, although a long passage. Bosworth t he indica of megasthenes is justly famous. Ancient india as described by megasthenes and arrian 2nd. The guy didnt have time to write a description of anything. The earliest of these works are those by diodorus siculus, strabo geographica, pliny, and arrian indica. Icse solutions for class 9 history and civics the mauryan empire icse solutionsselina icse solutionsml aggarwal solutions exercises question 1.
Being a translation of the fragments of the indika of megasthenes collected by the dr. While i started reading this book, i was curious to know what megasthenes had told about india about 2000 years back. Megasthenes the father of indian history indica book pdf megasthenes. Modern scholars generally assume that seleucus sent him to india immediately after the treaty with chandragupta. The authors examine the major political, economic, social and cultural forces which have shaped the history of the indian subcontinent. Indica written by megasthenes, arthashastra archaeological sources. He described india in his book indika, which is now lost, but has been partially reconstructed from literary fragments found in later authors. A history of india presents the grand sweep of indian history from antiquity to the present in a compact and readable survey. This account of india written by megasthenes from his personal knowledge of the country is justly held to be almost invaluable for the light which it throws upon the obscurity of early indian history. Also included is indica by arrian who visited india in.
Megasthenes wrote down descriptions of the country, its soil, climate, animals, plants, government, religion, manners of the people, arts, etc. He gave the most complete account of india then known to the greek world and was the source for work by the later read more. The famous greek ambassador megasthenes provides an eye opening account of life in india circa 288 b. Megasthenes lived with sibyrtius, satrap of arachosia, and often speaks of his visiting. This article deals with the various aspects of society as enshrined in indica of megasthenes. Megasthenes simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Pdf early indian society as reflected in indica of megasthenes. Schwanbeck and of the first part of the indika of arrian. Ancient india described by megasthenes and arrian scribd.
There, is placed upon it a golden bowl, into which they first put rice, boiled as one would boil barley, and then they add. Providing an authoritative and detailed account, hermann kulke and dietmar rothermund emphasise and analyse the structural pattern of. Indias most important competitive exams like upsc, ias, railway, ssc and many more competitive exams have a syllabus regarding the history and we are providing all the important topics of the ancient, medieval and modern indian history in pdh format which is easily downloadable. Indika itself, modelled on hekataios aegyptiaka, was either in the attic or ionian dialect and was divided into four sections. Apr 12, 2020 megasthenes visited india sometime between c. Ancient india as described by megasthenes and arrian by. The trail history and civics for class 6 icse solutions. Jun 27, 2019 indica megasthenes pdf t he indica of megasthenes is justly famous. An ionian, he was sent by the hellenistic king seleucus i on embassies to the mauryan emperor chandragupta. The book is lost, but various other authors quote his book. The earliest of these works are those by diodorus siculus, strabo geographica, pliny, and arrian. Buy indica book online at best prices in india on indica greek paperback 21 jan by megasthenes creator, e a. In short, a detailed description from the king to the remotest tribe.
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