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KHROMANDAI

Greek Name

Χρομανδαι

Transliteration

Khromandai

Latin Spelling

Chromandae

Translation

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THE KHROMANDAI (Chromandae) were a monkey-like Indian tribe with hairy bodies and teeth like dogs.

The tribe's name might suggest a connection with the ancient kingdom of Mandi located in the foothills of the Himalayas.


CLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES

Pliny the Elder, Natural History 7. 25 (trans. Rackham) (Roman encyclopedia C1st A.D.) :
"Tauron [a Greek writer] gives the names of Chromandae to a forest tribe [of India] that has no speech but a horrible scream, hairy bodies, keen grey eyes and the teeth of a dog."


SOURCES

ROMAN

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