[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Foreign](https://indike.org/pramana/inf) › [European vernaculars](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.eu) › [Italian (Tuscan, Venetian)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.eu.it) › Commedia # Commedia The Divine Comedy (Dante) Dante's poem names India several times: the flames Alexander saw falling in hot India; the man born on the bank of the Indus who never heard of Christ, the touchstone of the question of salvation outside the Church. - **Language:** Italian - **Date:** 1308–1321 CE - **Author:** [Dante Alighieri](https://indike.org/pramana/person/dante) - **Extent:** 4,605 words - **Text:** not yet digitised (catalogue entry) ## Translations (1) - [The Divine Comedy (Longfellow)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.eu.it.dante~en-longfellow) — English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.eu.it.dante](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.eu.it.dante) · Pramāṇa