[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Archaeology, epigraphy and coins](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy) › [The Chronology of India, from the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.duff-1899) › c5.36 # The Chronology of India, from the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century c5.36 The Chronology of India, from the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century c5.36 - **Language:** English ### [c5.36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.duff-1899.c5.36) About this time, or a little later, Megasthenēs was sent by Seleukos as ambassador to Chandragupta at Palibothra (Pāṭaliputra). His \*Indika\*, of which a few fragments remain, gives a valuable picture of the life and customs of the Hindus at that date.—LIA. ii, 218-9, 688. Duncker, \*Gesch. des Alterthums\*, iii, 346. Droysen, \*Gesch. des Hellenismus\*, vol. ii, bk. 3, 199; iii, bk. 1, 77. IA. v, 333. - [Previous: c5.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.duff-1899.c5.35) - [Next: c5.37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.duff-1899.c5.37) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.duff-1899.c5) ## Cites (1) - [Ἰνδική](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman.arrian.indica) — Λούκιος Φλάουιος Ἀρριανός, Ancient Greek --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.duff-1899.c5.36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.duff-1899.c5.36) · Pramāṇa