"The earliest account based on Megasthenes occurs in Diodorus (1st century B.C.). Referring to the Ganges, he (II.37)3…"

"Indeed Diodorus himself in another passage (VI.XCIII)1 tells us in general where Alexander would have touched it: "he…"

"Curtius (IX.2)2 writes in the course of his account: "Next came the Ganges, the largest river in all India, the farth…"

"This situation of theirs becomes even clearer in a passage from Diodorus elsewhere (XVIII.6):6 "(India) is inhabited …"

"The next version from Megasthenes comes in Pliny. Pliny (IV.22)2 touches on the Gangaridai after making an observatio…"

"You would, my Arabella, be enraptured at the extreme neatness of even the meanest attendant; but besides the beauty a…"

"Cleanliness was literally next to godliness in India; hygiene was not, as Anatole France thought it, la seule morale,…"

"A surprising spirit of cleanliness is to be observed among the Hindoos: the streets of their villages are commonly sw…"

"The Brahman usually washed his hands, feet and teeth before and after each meal; he ate with his fingers from food on…"

"Purity means cleanliness of mind and body; the latter is effected by the use of water etc. No nation in the world is …"