[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Foreign](https://indike.org/pramana/inf) › [Greek](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr) › [Archaic and Classical (to 323 BCE)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.classical) › Ινδικα # 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](https://indike.org/pramana/person/ctesias) - **Place:** Σοῦσα (Susa) - **Extent:** 11,864 words - **Text:** not yet digitised (catalogue entry) ## Translations (1) - [Ancient India as Described by Ktêsias the Knidian](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.classical.ctesias~en-mccrindle) — English ## Part of - [Βιβλιοθήκη](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.byzantine.photius.72) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.classical.ctesias](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.classical.ctesias) · Pramāṇa