Megasthenese was:
(a) a Chinese ambassador at the court of Chandragupta
(b) a Greek Philosopher
(c) the envoy of Seleucus at the court of Chandragupta
(d) a Greek Geometrician traveler
(e) sent to India by Alexander the Great to study and learn
the teachings of Buddhism
Answer / guest
( c ) the envoy of Seleucus at the court of Chandragupta
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