[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Census of the Exact Sciences in Sanskrit, Series A](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970) › v2.c10.275 # Census of the Exact Sciences in Sanskrit, Series A v2.c10.275 Census of the Exact Sciences in Sanskrit, Series A v2.c10.275 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c10.275](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970.v2.c10.275) A fragment of an inscribed Greek parapegma found at Miletus contains several references to an Indian astronomer named Kallaneus who apparently wrote a work giving the times of the heliacal risings and settings of various fixed stars. The inscription is edited by H. Diels and A. Rehm \[1904\]. Kallaneus is certainly a Greek transcription of Kallāṇa = Kalyāṇa. It is not certain whether this figure is imaginary (Clearchus, \*De somno\* fr. 69 = \*FHG\*, vol. 2, p. 323 from Josephus, \*Contra Apionem\* I 22, says that philosophers are called Kalanoi by the Indians, Ioudaioi by the Syrians), is the gymnosophist of Alexander's time named Kalanos (Megasthenes fr. 42 = \*FHG\*, vol. 2, p. 439 from Strabo XV 68, and fr. 43 = \*FHG\*, vol. 2, p. 439 from Arrian, \*Anabasis\* VII 2,4), or is some other person. - [Previous: v2.c10.274](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970.v2.c10.274) - [Next: v2.c10.276](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970.v2.c10.276) - [Up: v2.c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970.v2.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970.v2.c10.275](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970.v2.c10.275) · Pramāṇa