Who came to India during the time of Chandragupta Maurya?

The correct answer is Megasthenes.

Key Points

• At the time of the treaty between the Greek ruler Seleucus I Nicator and the Indian ruler Chandragupta Maurya, he appears to have been serving as an officer under Sibyrtius.
• Megasthenes was an ancient Greek historian, diplomat and Indian ethnographer, and explorer in the Hellenistic period.
• Megasthenes wrote the book “Indica”.
• Megasthenes was a Greek ambassador of Seleucus I Nicator in the court of Chandragupta Maurya.

Additional Information

• Huien Tsang visited India in 630 A.D.- 645 A.D. He was a Chinese traveler. He visited India during the supremacy of Harsha Vardhana.
• Abdur Razzak visited India in 1443 A.D.- 1444 A.D. He was also an ambassador of Persia. He visited India during the rule of Deva Raya II of Vijayanagar.
• Captain William Hawkins visited India in 1608 A.D. – 1611 A.D. He visited India during the reign of Jahangir.
• Captain William Hawkins led the first expedition of the English East India Company to India in 1609.