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Dandamis
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Dandamis

Dandamis (presumably Greek rendering of "Dandi-Svami") was a philosopher, swami and a gymnosophist, whom Alexander encountered in the woods near Taxila, when he invaded India in 4th century B.C. He is also referred to as Mandanes.

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