Ādi Shankara
788–820
An Indian philosopher and theologian who consolidated the doctrine of Advaita Vedanta and revitalized Sanskrit scholasticism.
writer · poet · guru
Born in Kalady
Contemporaries
People who walked the earth at the same time as Ādi Shankara:
- Charlemagne (742–814)
- Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi (780–850)
- Abu Nuwas (756–814)
- Harun al-Rashid (766–809)
- Jabir ibn Hayyan (721–815)