Earliest Western Account of India + Caste System // 300 BC Megasthenes // Ancient Primary Source

Signup for your FREE trial to The Great Courses Plus here: http://ow.ly/DbeR30qCbGq --------------------------‐----- This is the first eyewitness description of India by someone from outside of India. If this channel is something you like, if you think saving primary sources is important, head over to the patreon and join up! https://www.patreon.com/voicesofthepast — Don’t forget to subscribe to my brother's channel History Time, where he makes full length historical documentaries:- https://www.youtube.com/historytime — Music courtesy of:- - Epidemic Sound — Voice actor & editor:- David Kelly We try to use copyright free images at all times. However if we have used any of your artwork or maps then please don't hesitate to contact me and we’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit. Text taken from "Ancient India as Described by Megasthenes and Arrian: Being a Translation of the Fragments of the Indika of Mecasthenes Collected by Dr. Schwanbeck, and of the First Part of the Indika of Arrian" by JW Crindle. Thanks to: Keenan Pepper / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) Photo Dharma from Penang, Malaysia / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) Vijay Tiwari / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) By Photo Dharma from Sadao, Thailand - Detail of:., CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=61783990 Nikhil99 / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) Kreativeart / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) Prarthana1830590 / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) Prince RoyTravel Miles With Smiles / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices