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I just came across this claim by #TrueIndology that Sher Shah didn't make grand trunk road. I don't know what and who of Megasthenes so Googled but the results are also all right wing website repeating the same claim. None giving a reference. How RW creates post-truth. pic.twitter.com/ZDvo5SlyM7
— Sanjukta Basu (@sanjukta) July 30, 2023
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Megasthenes also mentions Indians didnt have slavery. That is the reason Left wing want to discount everything that he said because it doesnt fit their narrative.
I mean why would an invader would talk about good things in India.
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Tbf he also said India had ants that dug gold and men with dog faces and backward pointed feet. Megasthenes isn't a very dependable source. And we don't even have the Indica in one piece, just references to it elsewhere.
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Maybe he saw the people suffering from Elephantiasis.
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Sher shahs innovations are very clearly stated to be the regularly spaced horse stables(allowing royal messengers to switch horses), caravan sarais and trees I think though I doubt he did much on that front. The road obviously existed before him. But still not knowing who megasthenes is despite graduating Indian schools is something lol. I think Indica might be the only Greek text a lot of Indians know about.
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who???
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The source for 50% of Mauryan history.
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B-word bye ππππ what's cringe is you stereotyping everyone on the planet who smokes weed. The only person here who's awkward, boring, lame and living in a haze here is you buddy. As someone who smokes weed everyday, I love doing things while smoking weed. Whether it be hiking, yoga, working out, studying or reading a book. On top of all of that, I have my own business and I'm getting a degree in Kinesiology. πππ also, getting realizations are fun. Maybe you should smoke some weed one day so you can realize how you're projecting your own cringe personality on the rest of your pothead βfriends.β
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