Q. The cotton cloth worn by Indians had a brighter white colour than any cotton found elsewhere. This view was recorded by __?
Answer: Megasthenes
Notes: Megasthenes – an ancient Greek historian and diplomat, author of an account of India, the Indica, in four books. He was sent by the Hellenistic king Seleucus I on embassies to the Mauryan emperor Chandragupta Maurya. He wrote that the dress worn by the Indians was made of cotton of a brighter white colour than any cotton found elsewhere.

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