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Calanus

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Indian sage

AcademicsLived 398 BC to 323 BC · aged 75
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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.

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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.

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deceased
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Lived 398 BC to 323 BC · aged 75
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