کالانوس
Sign in to saveKalanos, also spelled Calanus () ( – 323 BCE), was an ancient Indian gymnosophist, a Brahmin sage , and philosopher from Taxila who accompanied Alexander the Great and was his teacher. He accompanied Alexander the Great to Persis and, after falling ill, immolated himself by entering a pyre in front of Alexander's army. Diodorus Siculus called him Caranus ().
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- Attila, post Venetam et Ingolstadiensem
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Gandhara
- Place of birth
- Taxila
- Place of death
- Susa
- Occupation
- ascetic
- Image
- La mort de Calamus - Beaufort.jpg
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- date of death
- 0323-01-01
- date of birth
- 0398-00-00
- cause of death
- self-immolation
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
- manner of death
- Suicide
- last words
- Nous nous retrouverons à Babylone
- different from
- Coenus
- Commons category
- Kalanos
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