Ινδικα (Ἰνδικά)
Ctesias of Cnidus, Indica
The first Greek book on India, by the Greek physician of Artaxerxes II: the Indus, the just and long-lived Indians, the martichoras (man-eater), the griffins guarding gold, the unicorned wild ass, dog-headed men (Kynokephaloi), pygmies, the fountain of liquid gold, and the "Indian iron". Survives in Photius' epitome (Bibl. cod. 72) and in quotations, chiefly by Aelian.
- Language
- Ancient Greek
- Date
- 398–390 BCE
- Author
- Κτησίας ὁ Κνίδιος
- Place
- Σοῦσα (Susa)
- Extent
- 11,864 words
- Text
- not yet digitised (catalogue entry)