[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [Intercourse between India and the Western World from the Earliest Times to the Fall of Rome](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rawlinson-1916) › c8.29 # Intercourse between India and the Western World from the Earliest Times to the Fall of Rome c8.29 Intercourse between India and the Western World from the Earliest Times to the Fall of Rome c8.29 - **Language:** English ### [c8.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rawlinson-1916.c8.29) ¹ “As a rule, previous writers about India have been a pack of liars. Dēimachus comes first and Megasthenes next,” Geog. II. I. 9. But the veracity of Megasthenes is established by comparison with the Kauṭilīya Artha Śāstra and other Indian works (\*vide\* App. III). - [Previous: c8.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rawlinson-1916.c8.28) - [Next: c8.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rawlinson-1916.c8.30) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rawlinson-1916.c8) ## Cites (1) - [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya) — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rawlinson-1916.c8.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rawlinson-1916.c8.29) · Pramāṇa