chandragupta maurya serial dated 28th june 2019

Xandrammes of the previous dynasty was murdered by Sandrokottas whose son was Sandrocyptus. Attributing one name each for the three kings the names are Xandrammes, Sandrocottus and Sandrocyptus. It mentioned seven names of three successive Indian kings.

These accounts supplied some information about India of the time of the Macedonian king Alexander. He tried to search the Greek and Roman accounts. Sir William Jones could not believe in the antiquity of the Bharata War according to Indian accounts because of his Christian faith which told him that Creation took place at 9-00 a. How Chandragupta Maurya was Equated with Sandrocottus – Sheet Anchor Chronology. When European Indologists were groping to date Indian history during the nineteenth century (after having arbitrarily rejected the various Puranas), the Megasthenes account came in very useful. McCrindle: Ancient India as Described by Megasthenes and Arrian). Schwanbeck in the nineteenth century, and this compilation is also available to us in English (J.M. These quotations were meticulously collected by Dr. However, during the time it was available, many other Greek writers quoted passages from it in their own works. The manuscript Indika is lost, and there is no copy of it available. It is not clear how many years Megasthenes stayed in India, but he did write an account of his stay, titled Indika. He was stationed in 'Palimbothra', the capital city of the kingdom. to the court of the Indian king whom he and the Greek called 'Sandrocottus'. Megasthenes was the Greek ambassador sent by Seleucus Nicator in c.

Chandragupta maurya serial dated 28th june 2019