Bana: Quick Facts

Written and fact-checked by

The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Also Known As	Banabhatta
Flourished	c.601 - c.649
Notable Works	“Harshacharita” • “Kadambari”
Subjects Of Study	India

default image

Dandin

Indian author

Indian writer Khushwant Singh in his study

Khushwant Singh

Indian writer

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

Thomas Babington Macaulay, detail of an oil painting by J. Partridge, 1840; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.

Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay

English politician and author

Shashi Tharoor

Shashi Tharoor

Indian politician and author

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

Photo of Sarojini Naidu

Sarojini Naidu

Indian writer and political leader

default image

Kocheril Raman Narayanan

president of India

default image

ʿAbd al-Qādir Badāʾūnī

Indo-Persian historian

default image

Mahadev Govind Ranade

Indian politician

default image

Meena Alexander

Indian poet and teacher

Al-Bīrūnī, Afghan commemorative stamp, 1973.

al-Bīrūnī

Persian scholar and scientist

Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, sepia drawing by George Frederick Watts; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, 1st Baronet

British law scholar

default image

Ctesias

Greek physician and historian

default image

Megasthenes

Greek historian

Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi

Indian social activist, lawyer, and politician

Jawaharlal Nehru, c. 1930s

Jawaharlal Nehru

prime minister of India

Amit Shah

Amit Shah

Indian politician

Narendra Modi

Narendra Modi

prime minister of India

Mohammed Ali Jinnah

Mohammed Ali Jinnah

Pakistani governor-general