Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c14.40

c14.40

**Pramnai** (*Prāmāṇikas*). Strabo [VI. 22] mentions a third class of Philosophers whom he calls the *Pramnai*. “They are philosophers opposed to the Brachmanes and are contentious and proud of argument. They ridicule the Brachmanes who study physiology and astronomy as fools and impostors. Some of them are called the *Pramnai* of the mountains, others the *Gymnetai*, and others again the *Pramnai* of the city or the *Pramnai* of the country.