[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Foreign](https://indike.org/pramana/inf) › [Greek](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr) › [Hellenistic (323–31 BCE)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.hellenistic) › [Historians of Alexander's Indian campaign](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.hellenistic.alexander-historians) › Πως Αλεξανδρος ηχθη # Πως Αλεξανδρος ηχθη (Πῶς Ἀλέξανδρος ἤχθη) Onesicritus, How Alexander was Educated Alexander's chief helmsman, a Cynic, describes his interview with the naked philosophers near Taxila (Calanus and Mandanis), the utopian kingdom of Musicanus, the banyan, Indian snakes and the size of Taprobane. - **Language:** Ancient Greek - **Date:** 325–310 BCE - **Author:** [Ὀνησίκριτος ὁ Ἀστυπαλαιεύς](https://indike.org/pramana/person/onesicritus) - **Text:** lost --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.hellenistic.alexander-historians.onesicritus](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.hellenistic.alexander-historians.onesicritus) · Pramāṇa