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Question

Who one of the following had not come to India with Alexander?

  1. Nearchus
  2. Onesicritus
  3. Deimachus
  4. Aristobulus

Answer:

Option C: Deimachus

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Deimachus”.

Deimachus did not come to India with Alexander. He was sent as an ambassador to the Mauryan court in Pataliputra by Antiochus I Soter, the Seleucid king who succeeded Alexander's general Seleucus.