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The Indica" was written by ______.

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Kautilya

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Patanjali

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Megasthanes

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Panini

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The correct option is C Megasthanes
The Indica was written by Megasthenes, an ancient Greek historian, diplomat and Indian ethnographer and explorer. He was an ambassador of Seleucus at the Mauryan court in Pataliputra.

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