Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c11.46

c11.46

**Evidence of Megasthenes.** We have it on the authority of Megasthenes [Frag. XXVI] “that the number of cities in India is so great that it cannot be stated with precision, cities on the “banks of rivers or on sea coasts,” or “on commanding situations, or on lofty eminences.”