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Class 6Social ScienceAshoka, the Emperor Who Gave Up War

What Megasthenes wrote about Mauryan Emperor?

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Megasthenes wrote an account about what he saw.

Mauryan Empire according to him was as follows:

  • Emperor is carried in a golden palanquin.
  • His guards ride elephants decorated with gold and silver.
  • Some of the guards carry trees on which live birds, including a flock of trained parrots, circle about the head of the emperor.
  • The king is normally surrounded by armed women.
  • He has special servants to taste the food before he eats.
  • He never sleeps in the same bedroom for two nights.