मैगस्थनीज़

maigasthanij / Megasthenes

maigasthaniz ek yoonani bhoogolavid yatri tha . ye sailyukas pratham ka rajadoot banakar pataliputr mean chandragupt maury ke darabar mean raha . maigasthaniz ne mathura ko mahan nagar 'maithora' likha hai . yoonan ka rajadoot jise selyukas ne 302 ee॰poo0 mean chandragupt maury ki rajadhani pataliputr bheja tha. usane samast uttar bharat ki yatra ki. is yatra ka varnan 'iandika' namak granth mean kiya gaya hai jo anek yoonani itihasakaroan ne taiyar ki hai jinamean 'eriyan' aur 'strabo' ka nam pramukh hai. mool granth ab upalabdh nahian hai. kiantu bad ke yoonani itihasakaroan ne apani pustakoan mean usake uddharan die hai. mauryakalin bharat ke sanbandh mean is rajadoot ke varnan se pahali bar kramabaddh vivaran milata hai.