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Megasthenes

350 BC - 290 BC

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Megasthenes ( mi-GAS-thi-neez; Ancient Greek: Μεγασθένης, died c. 290 BCE) was an ancient Greek historian, indologist, diplomat, ethnographer and explorer in the Hellenistic period. He described India in his book Indica, which is now lost, but has been partially reconstructed from literary fragments found in later authors that quoted his work. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Megasthenes has received more than 1,051,525 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Megasthenes is the 25th most popular diplomat (down from 24th in 2019), the 49th most popular biography from Turkey (up from 317th in 2019) and the most popular Turkish Diplomat.

Megasthenes was a Greek historian and geographer who visited India in the 3rd century BC. He is most famous for his account of the Indian caste system.

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Among DIPLOMATS

Among diplomats, Megasthenes ranks 25 out of 90. Before him are Antony Blinken, Hasekura Tsunenaga, George F. Kennan, Chiune Sugihara, Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, and Viktor Chernomyrdin. After him are Thomas Klestil, Édith Cresson, Irina Bokova, Hans Blix, Alfonso García Robles, and Giovanni Villani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 350 BC, Megasthenes ranks 5. Before him are Euclid, Cassander, Demetrius of Phalerum, and Hipparchia of Maroneia. After him are Perdiccas III of Macedon, Timaeus, Parysatis II, Bagoas, Alexander II of Macedon, Dicaearchus, and Agis III. Among people deceased in 290 BC, Megasthenes ranks 1. After him are Autolycus of Pitane, Dicaearchus, Onesicritus, and Neoptolemus II of Epirus.

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Megasthenes ranks 49 out of 169. Before him are Candaules (-800), Gregory of Narek (951), Philemon (100), Fritigern (400), Abgar V (-1), and Telipinu (-1600). After him are Deiphobus (null), Astyanax (null), Pharamond (370), Theophilus of Antioch (140), Gülbahar Hatun (1453), and Polyxena (null).

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Among DIPLOMATS In Turkey

Among diplomats born in Turkey, Megasthenes ranks 1. 

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