Gautama Buddha

Gautama Buddha

male
Indian, Founder of religions, Buddhist, Siddhartha, philosopher, atheist…Kingdoms of ancient India, ancientIndia
Siddhārtha Gautama was a spiritual teacher from ancient India and the historical founder of Buddhism. He is universally recognized by Buddhists as t...
Romila Thapar

Romila Thapar

female, 78 years old
Emeritus Professor in India, punjabi, writer, Indian women writer, A. L. Basham, Marxist historiography…ancientIndia
Romila Thapar (born 1931) is an Indian historian whose principal area of study is Ancient India.

Sushruta

male
Ancient Indian physician, Ganga, Varanasi, Prostate Gland, 1st century, ancientIndia…Ancient and medieval physician
Sushruta (also spelt Susruta or Sushrutha was the first surgeon in the world who lived in ancient India and is the author of the book "Sushruta...
Ram Sharan Sharma

Ram Sharan Sharma

male
NCERT, V.K.Rajwade Award, NCERT controversy, Indian Council of Historical Research, Indian History Congress, ancientIndia
Ram Sharan Sharma (born 1919) is Emeritus Professor, Department of History, Patna University and one of the leading historians of Ancient India....

George Thibaut

male, deceased (1914)
German, bodleian library, mathematics, University of Oxford, indologist, Sacred Books of the East…ancientIndia
George Frederick William Thibaut was an Indologist notable for his contributions to the understanding of ancient Indian mathematics and astronomy....

Grigory Maksimovich Bongard-Levin

male, 76 years old
Jewish, historian, Russian, Russian Academy of Sciences, USSR State Prize, indologist…ancientIndia
Grigory Maksimovich Bongard-Levin (born 1933) is a Russian Jewish historian specializing on Ancient India and the history of Central Asia. He also...