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>blaming the British
>The Indians in general are of excessive cowardice and are unfit for war. They lack manly spirit
Megasthenes (active c. 302–288 BC) — Indica (now lost; preserved in Strabo, Arrian, Diodorus)
>The Indians are naturally disposed to lying and boastfulness
>They are servile and effeminate… lacking in courage
>They are all impostors and quacks
Strabo (c. 64 BC – 24 AD) — Geography, Book 15
>Indians are most effeminate of all nations… they adorn themselves like women and fear death above all things
Curtius Rufus (active c. 40–50 AD) — Histories of Alexander the Great, Book 9
>Indian kings like Porus are arrogant and foolish, easily humiliated by Alexander. (Date context: Original Greek text composed 3rd century AD, drawing on oral and legendary materials from c. 300–100 BC.)
Alexander Romance / Pseudo-Callisthenes (earliest version c. 3rd century AD)
>Indians go about naked all the time... Their food is raw vegetables, and they eat the bark of trees… they are more like wild animals than men
Arrian (c. 86–160 AD) — Anabasis of Alexander, Book 6
