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Also Known As Aśvaghoṣa
Born 80? • Ayodhya • India
Died 150? • Peshawar • Pakistan
Notable Works “Buddhacarita” • “Mahayana-shraddhotpada-shastra”
Subjects Of Study Mahayana
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Kalidasa
Indian author
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Bhavabhuti
Indian writer
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Hemachandra
Jaina author
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Bhartrihari
Hindu philosopher
Drawing of Sri Aurobindo with long hair, mustache, and a pointed beard, shown facing forward with a calm expression.
Sri Aurobindo
Indian philosopher and yogi
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Nissim Ezekiel
Indian poet and playwright
Portrait of Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore with long wavy hair and a full beard, wearing a simple robe and looking directly at the camera.
Rabindranath Tagore
Bengali poet
Michael Madhusudan Dutt
Michael Madhusudan Dutt
Indian author
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Harishchandra
Indian writer
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Vyasa
legendary Indian sage
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Bhāsa
Indian dramatist
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Vasubandhu
Indian Buddhist philosopher
Friedrich Schiller, painting by Anton Graff, c. 1785.
Friedrich Schiller
German writer
German dramatist and critic Gotthold Lessing
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
German author
Giordano Bruno
Giordano Bruno
Italian philosopher
Guru Gobind Singh, 18th century, Punjab
Guru Gobind Singh
Sikh Guru
Nagarjuna
Nagarjuna
Buddhist philosopher
The Guru
Utpal Dutt
Indian actor, director, writer, playwright
Girish Karnad
Girish Karnad
Indian author, actor, and film director
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Bana
Indian writer

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