What type of source is Indica?
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Correct answer: विदेशी यात्री का विवरण
Indica was the account written by the Greek visitor and envoy Megasthenes about India during the Mauryan period. It is therefore a foreign traveller’s description, used by historians as a literary source. The original text is lost and survives through quotations by later writers. It is not a royal inscription, cave painting or collection of hymns.
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विदेशी यात्री का विवरण
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Indica was the account written by the Greek visitor and envoy Megasthenes about India during the Mauryan period. It is therefore a foreign traveller’s description, used by historians as a literary source. The original text is lost and survives through quotations by later writers. It is not a royal inscription, cave painting or collection of hymns.
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This is a Class 9 History question. Chapter: The French Revolution.
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