Moreover, they discovered that they were tall in stature, in fact as tall as any men throughout Asia, most of them being five cubits in height, or a little less. They were blacker than the rest of men, except the Ethiopians<a href="
https://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Anabasis_of_Alexander/Book_V/Chapter_IV?#cite_note-9"><span>[</span>9<span>]</span></a>; and in war they were far the bravest of all the races inhabiting Asia at that time. This is the translated version of Indica which was written by megasthenes..Also 5 cubits doesn't mean 228 cm , it's approx 6 foot.
In Appendix 3 of Elphinstone’s
The History of India (citing Greek sources), Indians are described as
“very tall, handsome, light, and active,” with high praise for their bravery, integrity, and martial abilities
The police is spoken of as excellent. Megasthenes relates that, in the camp of Sandracottus, which he estimates to have contained 400,000 men, the sums stolen daily did not amount to more than 200 drachms (about 3l.)
They never gave or took money in marriage
717; conforming, in that respect, both to the precepts of Menu and to the practice of modern times
718.
Their clothes were generally white cotton, though often of a variety of bright colours and flowered patterns (chintz). They wore gold and jewels, and were very expensive in their dresses, though frugal in most other things
723.
The appearance of the Indians is well described, and (what is surprising, considering the limited knowledge of the Macedonians) the distinction between the inhabitants of the north and south is always adverted to. The southern Indians are said to be black, and not unlike Ethiopians, except for the absence of flat noses and curly hair; the northern ones are fairer, and like Egyptians724, – a resemblance which must strike every traveller from India on seeing the pictures in the tombs on the Nile.
The Indians are described as swarthy, but very tall, handsome, light, and active
725. Their bravery is always
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spoken of as characteristic; their superiority in war to other Asiatics is repeatedly asserted, and appears in more ways than one
726. They are said to be sober, moderate, peaceable; good soldiers; good farmers
727; remarkable for simplicity and integrity; so reasonable as never to have recourse to a law-suit; and so honest as neither to require locks to their doors nor writings to bind their agreements
728. Above all, it is said that no Indian was ever known to tell an untruth
729
Texts citing all these:
https://www.ibiblio.org/britishraj/Elphinstone1/appendix03.html?