Neither was an army ever sent outside the country by the Indians nor did any outside army ever invade their country and master them, except that with Heracles and Dionysus and that in our times with the Macedonians. - Megasthenes in His India the Indian people are said to live very long lives, over one hundred years. Polygamy is a common practice Strabo remarks that their customs are simpler than the Greeks, but they do have a fondness for jewellery. - Strabo's Account of India.
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