State, Society, and the Quest for Salvation in India
Subject:
World History [1]
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Iron Age [2]
Mahajanapadas [3]
Transtheism [5]
Magadha [6]
Maurya Empire [7]
Pataliputra [8]
Ashoka [9]
Indo-Greek Kingdom [10]
Gandhara [11]
Indian religions [12]
Buddhism [13]
Kinberg, Nicholas Michael Chakmakian AP World History 13 July 2015 Chapter 9 Outline State, Society, Salvation in India Earliest description of India came from Greek ambassador Megasthenes Diplo. Of Seleucid emperor, lived in India during 4th/3rd BC, traveled in north India His book, Indika, was lost, survives in Greek/Latin lit. Wrote of ants size of foxes that mined gold from earth/def'd. From humans who tried to steal; only by distracting them with meat could humans steal Reported humans with no mouth who survived by breathing odors of fruits, flowers, roots, others with feet pt'ing. Back/8 toes/foot, heads of dogs, comm'ing. With barks Portrayed India as fertile land that supported 2 harvests of grain/yr.