According to Strabo, the Tamil kingdom to first send emissaries to meet Augustin in Athens in 20 BC, was (a) Pallava (b) Chola (c) Pandya (d) Chera
C is the suitable option. Nicolaus of Damascus describes an embassy despatched through the Indian king Porus (Pandya) to Caesar Augustus. The embassy traveled with a diplomatic letter on a pores and skin in Greek. One of its contributors became a sramana who burned himself alive in Athens to illustrate his faith.
