Prince Sandrokottas mentioned by Greek visitors to India in ancient times is identified with ........

Ancient and Medieval History (Easy) Mauryan and Post Maurayan

Prince Sandrokottas, mentioned by Greek visitors to India in ancient times, is identified with :

Chandragupta Maurya

Bindusara

Ashoka

Harshvardhana

- Option 1: Chandragupta Maurya

- Greek visitors referred to Prince Sandrokottas, who is widely identified as Chandragupta Maurya.

- He was the founder of the Maurya Empire in ancient India.

- Greek accounts like those of Megasthenes mention him.

- This is the correct identification.

- Option 2: Bindusara

- Bindusara was the son of Chandragupta Maurya.

- There are fewer Greek references to him compared to Chandragupta.

- Option 3: Ashoka

- He was the grandson of Chandragupta Maurya.

- Famous for spreading Buddhism, but not identified as Sandrokottas.

- Option 4: Harshvardhana

- Ruled much later, centuries after the Mauryan dynasty.

- Not associated with ancient Greek records in the same context.

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