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His chief work was a universal history in 144 books, of which only a few fragments remain. He also wrote an Autobiography , a life of Augustus, a life of Herod, and some philosophical works. Nicolaus is famous for his account of an Embassy sent by an Indian king "named Pandion ( Pandyan Kingdom ?) or, according to others, Porus " to Caesar Augustus around 13 CE . He met with the embassy at Antioch . The embassy was bearing a diplomatic letter in Greek, and one of its members was a '' Sramana '' who burnt himself alive in Athens to demonstrate his faith. The event made a sensation and was quoted by Strabo and Dio Cassius . A tomb was made to the ''sramana'', still visible in the time of Plutarch , which bore the mention "ΖΑΡΜΑΝΟΧΗΓΑΣ ΙΝΔΟΣ ΑΠΟ ΒΑΡΓΟΣΗΣ" ("The ''sramana'' master from Barygaza in India "). These accounts indicate that Indian religious men ('' Sramana s'', to which the Buddhists belonged, as opposed to Hindu Brahmanas ) were circulating in the Levant during the time of Jesus . NOTES |
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