Age of the Nandas and Mauryas c15.2

c15.2

[Breloer has sought to offer very plausible interpretations of Megasthenes' statements on Indian society and polity and to explain them in the light of the mental equipment of a Hellenistic Greek administrator who was fully acquainted with all that had been written before him by his countrymen about India. Unlike Otto Stein, he discovers fundamental agreement between Megasthenes and Kauṭilya.]