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BRILL. A.B. Bosworth argued for an early date pre-Seleucus.[12] This is contested by Stoneman and others who argue for a date following the Mauryan-Seleucid settlement of c. Megasthenes is repeatedly referred to by Arrian, Strabo, Diodorus, and Pliny. p. Of these writers Arrian, on whose judgment most reliance is to be placed, speaks most highly of Megasthenes (Arrian, Anab.
6, Ind. 5; Pliny. Strom. There are two crop cycles per year, since rain falls in both summer and winter. p. He had several sons and one daughter, who became rulers in different parts of his dominion. The Spread of Buddhism. vol. The gestation period of the elephants ranges from 16 to 18 months, and the oldest of the elephants live up to 200 years.
Gold, silver, copper and iron are abundant on Indian soil.
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It appears to have been written in the Attic dialect, and not in the Ionic, as some modern writers have asserted; for in the passage of Eusebius (Praep. p. 252. Clinton, Fast. The various native names for these mountains include Parapamisos, Hemodos and Himaos (the Himalayas). Megasthenes and Indian Religion: A Study in Motives and Types.
The elephants are domesticated in large numbers, and trained for war. Megasthenes emphasizes that no foreign army had been able to conquer India (since Dionysus) and Indians had not invaded a foreign country either.