The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c26.207

v1.c26.207

About the Indian 'philosophers' Megasthenes had a good deal to say¹. They might be divided on one principle according as they dwelt in the mountains and worshipped Dionysus (Çiva) or in the plains and worshipped Heracles (Kṛishṇa), but the more significant division was that into Brāhmans, and 'Sarmanes.'