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	Ancient India's Contribution to - Production Technology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Thus we see that in a rambling manner, the Periplus refers to the "muslins of the finest sorts," "fine pearls, ivory, silk cloth" "crude glass", "coins", etc'., apart from many other commodities that were exported from India.
		Other western historians, and traveller-adventurers like Megasthanes, Strabo, Ptolemy, Fa Hien, Huen Tsang, Pliny, Marco Polo, Al Beruni, Ibn Batuta, etc., have also enumerated the various commodities that were produced and exported by India.
		Many foreign commentators like Megasthanes, Strabo, Xenophon and Ktesias have referred to the various drugs and medical compounds that were extracted by ancient Indians.
	www.hindubooks.org /sudheer_birodkar/india_contribution/prod.html (11415 words)

	Hinduism Today \| Sep 1998
		Pilgrimage to sacred rivers is an ancient practice, believed by historian S.B. Roy to exist in India as far back as 10,000 bce.
		Megasthanes, the 4th century bce Greek visitor to India, described what could have been a Kumbha Mela, but the likeliest first reference is by the Chinese pilgrim Hiuen-Tsang, who resided in India from 629 to 645 ce.
		He wrote that King Harshavardhan attended, on every fifth year of his reign, a month-long, "ageless festival" at Prayag that attracted up to half a million people from all walks of life.
	www.hinduismtoday.com /archives/1998/9/1998-9-11.shtml (1863 words)

	ANCIENT INDIA'S CONTRIBUTION TO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		While India has contributed to the enrichment of culture it has also drawn from the efforts of people in other parts of the world with -whom it came in contact.
		Foreign commentators who visited India like Strabo, Megasthanes, Fa Hien, Huien Tsiang, Marco Polo, Pliny, Ibn Batuta, Al Beruni, etc., have noted the progress made by Indians.
		This can be seen in their writings despite the bias some of the writers had against India.
	www.hindubooks.org /sudheer_birodkar/india_contribution/conclude.html (447 words)

	Monuments of a tradition
		However, archaeologists at that time did not record the location of the sculptures and the objects they found.
		KHARAVELA'S Hathigumpa inscription of 170 B.C., Ptolemy's description about Vintindra city in the Mysolia region in his writings of A.D. 130, Megasthanes' mention of the 30 walled cities of Andhra region - all these refer to Prathipalapura or the present-day Bhattiprolu, about 40 km from Guntur.
		An inscription at Bhattiprolu Mahastupa mentions Kubhiraka, believed to be the one who ordered the construction of the stupa, with the help of the gosti (local Buddhist assembly) and the nigama (trading community).
	www.flonnet.com /fl2227/stories/20060113002404200.htm (863 words)

	Welcome To Fortune Pandiyan Hotel
		The city is located on the banks of the River Vaigai and was the capital of Pandya Kingdom.
		As early as 302 B.C., Megasthanes visited Madurai.
		Great travel historians like Pliny (77 AD) and Ptolemy (140 AD) had made reference to Madurai in their travelogues.
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	Sony Holidays - AP Info - Buddhist Sites - Dhulikatta
		It is a small village situated on the right bank of Hussainimiya Vagu about 10 kms from Peddabankur a nearby non-monastic complex in Karimnagar district.
		Probably it is one of 30 walled cities mentioned by Megasthanes.
		Excavations, brought to light brick built remains of gateways, Mahastupa, residential houses, wells, punch-marked coins, Roman and Satavahana coins and seals datable from 2nd Century BC to 2nd Century AD.
	www.sonyholidays.com /dhulikatta.html (119 words)

	History of Madurai City - DIGITALMADURAI.COM
		Madurai has reference in the great Indian epics - Ramayana, Kautilyas and Arthasastra.
		As early as the 302BC, Megasthanes visited Madurai.
		Great travel-historians like Pliny (77AD) and Ptolemy (140AD) have made reference to Madurai in their travelogues.
	www.digitalmadurai.com /madurai/history (617 words)

	ratheesh: Protecting HeritageThey were showing Gan
		This has been a tradition that has been there for ages.
		Had Megasthanes, Pliny, Fa Hien, Huien Tsiang, and many others not visited or written about India, I guess we wouldn't have known much of Chandragupta Mourya, Chandra Gupta Vikramaditya and Emperor Harsha and how people lived and did various activities in those days.
		Sometime back, I had visited Sree Ranga Pattanam, from where Tipu Sultan ruled the kingdom of Mysore in the 18th century.
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	The Origin of Brahmi Script Online Indian Book store - Bagchee’s Best sellers Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Here, two prominent scholars, a historian and an archaeologist, have put forth their views in two key-papers.
		To S.R. Goyal, the historian, Brahmi was invented in the first half of the third century B.C., to the exact during Asoka’s time, gaining support for this theory from Megasthanes’ observation that there was no writing in India in his times.
		Further, Brahmi does not show any regional variation and most of its forms appear to have been based on primary shapes representing some material objects.
	www.bagchee.com /BookDisplay.aspx?Bkid=B8320 (503 words)

	Hindutva Series : Hindu History - Emergence of the Caste System (Chatur-Varna was actually a two-fold division)
		The Greeks who came with Alexander were the first foreigners to observe this system closely.
		Greek Chroniclers like Ktesais and Megasthanes have commented upon the Caste system.
		At that moment Sage Vishwamitra appeared and stopped him and declared that Harishchandra's test was over.
	www.hindutva.org /caste2classes.html (4111 words)

	The Sikh Times - News and Analysis - Myth: Indian Kings Never Invaded Foreign Lands
		Here, a nation, which Megasthanes noted 'never invaded others and was never invaded' existed long before the ideas of civilisation evolved elsewhere.' "
		It would look as if Indian kings had no navy that could conquer overseas territories."
		"The words were true when Megasthanes wrote them in the 4th century B.C. The concept of kingship had just developed in the Gangetic plain at that time and, naturally, imperial dreams were yet to be dreamt."
	www.sikhtimes.com /news_062903a.html (1438 words)

	Cover Story: Truth behind the myths; June 29, 2003. The Week (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Books on the maritime history of India would invariably refer to the riverine navy that the Mauryas had, about Sivaji's navy, and then zoom in on the establishment of the Bombay Marine by the British.
		The words were true when Megasthanes wrote them in the 4th century BC.
		The concept of kingship had just developed in the Gangetic plain at that time and, naturally, imperial dreams were yet to be dreamt.
	www.the-week.com /23jun29/cover.htm (14267 words)

	Eastern Himalayan Culture, Ecology and People
		Later Selucas sent Megasthenes as his envoy to the court of Chandragupta.
		Megasthanes lived in Pataliputra for some time and made many observations about that period.
		He wrote that Chandragupta possessed garrisons of 30,000 horses, 9000 war elephants and more than 600,000 soldiers.
	www.bongoz.com /south_asia/eastern_himalayan_culture.htm (20398 words)

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		Which Indian myth hero did Megasthanes compare with Hercules in his "Indica"?
		In this event,the team called Devon Wanderera,representing Great Britain,beat France in 1900 Olympics.What?
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	Timeline evidences in ancient Tamil works:Earliest Grammar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Anchaneya does the same logic applies to vedic lit also ?
		Megasthanes of the 4th century bce is the earliest of foreign visitors who has left notes on India.
		So for anything earlier than that in Indian history we cannot rely on visitors from abroad.
	forumhub.mayyam.com /hub/viewlite.php?t=3489 (2053 words)

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