Age of the Nandas and Mauryas c11.183

c11.183

The king who conversed with philosophers, to benefit by their wise counsel, included within the range of his interest, even wild races. This is well illustrated by stories about the Astomi, who lived near the source of the Ganges and were brought to the court, and the Enotokoitai who died on the way as they refused to take food³. These stories may not be worthy of credence in all their particulars. But they prove that the classical writers credited Chandragupta with an amount of curiosity, not unworthy of a modern anthropologist.