Correct Answer: Megasthenes
Subject: history
Explanation: Megasthenes was a Greek ambassador sent by Seleucus I Nicator to the court of Chandragupta Maurya at Pataliputra. His work 'Indica' (though the original is lost, it survives in fragments quoted by other authors like Diodorus, Strabo, and Arrian) provides invaluable information about Mauryan society, administration, the caste system, the city of Pataliputra, and Indian flora/fauna. Chanakya (Kautilya) wrote 'Arthashastra' on statecraft. Seleucus Nicator was the Greek ruler who ceded territories to Chandragupta. Menander was an Indo-Greek king associated with Buddhist text 'Milindapanha'.
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