# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/calanus
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:51:52.565Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/calanus"
name: "Calanus"
slug: "calanus"
description: "Kalanos, also spelled Calanus, 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."
tagline: "Indian sage"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/La_mort_de_Calamus_-_Beaufort.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "-398"
deathDate: "-323"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.15
  momentum:             12.30321507262017
  historical:           15.34590266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalanos"
    title: "Kalanos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "كالانوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%9B"
    title: "কালানোছ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD_(%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%B4%D1%80%D1%8D%D1%86)"
    title: "Калан (мудрэц)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A0lan"
    title: "Càlan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalanos"
    title: "Kalanos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%8C%CF%82"
    title: "Καλανός"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalanos"
    title: "Kalanos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calano"
    title: "Calano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "کالانوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calanos"
    title: "Calanos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalanosz"
    title: "Kalanosz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalanos"
    title: "Kalanos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calano"
    title: "Calano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%A9%E3%83%8E%E3%82%B9_(%E3%83%90%E3%83%A9%E3%83%A2%E3%83%B3%E5%83%A7)"
    title: "カラノス (バラモン僧)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalanos"
    title: "Kalanos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calano"
    title: "Calano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD_(%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%86)"
    title: "Калан (мудрец)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q929260"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump