Question

Who was the Greek navigator whom Darius the Great had commissioned in around 510 BC to explore the Indus till its mouth:

A Herodotus
B Scylax
C Nearchus
D Ctesias

Answer & Explanation

Answer: [B]

The correct answer is Scylax. Scylax of Caryanda was a Greek explorer and writer of the late 6th and early 5th centuries BCE. His own writings are lost, though occasionally cited or quoted by later Greek and Roman authors.