Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c14.55

c14.55

*Prāmāṇikas.* Regarding the class of philosophers decribed by Strabo under the name of *Pramnai* “on the basis of some other source than Megasthenes,” Bevan rightly points out that “the people intended are undoubtedly the *Prāmāṇikas*, the followers of the various philosophical systems, each of which has its own view as to what constitutes *Pramāṇa*, a ‘means of right knowledge.’ These philosophers are, as a rule, orthodox Brāhmans, but they view with contempt those Brāhmans who put their trust in Vedic ceremonies” [*Cambridge History*, I. 421].