Age of the Nandas and Mauryas c11.169

c11.169

Among other personages who figured in the *Sabhā* mention may be made of envoys who came from foreign courts. Of these the most celebrated was Megasthenes. He brought his credentials from Seleucus and resided long enough in Pāṭaliputra to observe things for himself. He wrote a book on India but unfortunately this interesting work has been lost. Only fragments have survived in the quotations of later classical writers.