History · Negotiating the Sources
UGC NET January 2017 History
The 'Indica' of Megasthenes is lost, but it survives in fragments in the writings of which Greco-Roman authors? Select the correct answer from the code given below.
- 1. Ktesias
- 2. Pliny the Elder
- 3. Diodorus Siculus
- 4. Strabo
A1 and 2
B1, 2 and 3
C2, 3 and 4 ✓ Correct
D1 and 4
Correct answer: (C) 2, 3 and 4 — The Indica survives in Pliny, Diodorus and Strabo, so the answer is 2, 3 and 4.
Explanation
★The Indica survives in Pliny, Diodorus and Strabo, so the answer is 2, 3 and 4.
★The original work of Megasthenes is lost.
★But fragments of it survive in the writings of Pliny the Elder.
★They also survive in the work of Diodorus Siculus.
★And they survive in the work of Strabo.
★Ktesias wrote before Megasthenes, so his work does not preserve the Indica.
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