Mauryan Society and Culture and Megasthenes

Lesson 12 of 12 • 11 upvotes • 14:15mins

Abhyudaya Kelkar

Megasthenes wrote ‘Indica’, which is mostly lost and available in fragments and in the form of derivative works of later Roman historians. Nevertheless, many details can be extracted out of it, particularly about the caste structure, economy and general philosophy of people and the state. Although many later historians did not rely on it, rather discredited it, it is still helpful in understanding the life of a common man during the Mauryan period. So, most of this lesson will be based on Indica and some remaining portions of Arthashastra that could not be covered in the previous lesson. With this lesson, we will conclude this part, Part-IV – The Mauryan Period.