KALINGOI
Greek Name
Καλινγος Καλινγοι
Transliteration
Kalingos, Kalingoi
Latin Spelling
Calingus, Calingi
Translation
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THE KALINGOI (Calingi) were a tribe of extremely short-lived Indian men who reached maturity at the age of five and died of old age at eight.
CLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES
Pliny the Elder, Natural History 7. 30 (trans. Rackham) (Roman encyclopedia C1st A.D.) :
"Duris [a Greek historian C3rd B.C.] says . . . that among the Calingi, a tribe of he same part of India, women conceive at the age of five and do not live more than eight years."
SOURCES
ROMAN
- Pliny the Elder, Natural History - Latin Encyclopedia C1st A.D.
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