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Kalanos, 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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Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
Gandhara
Place of birth
Taxila
Place of death
Susa
Occupation
ascetic
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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
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Coenus
Commons category
Kalanos
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