Who Was Alive

Were Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi and Ādi Shankara alive at the same time?

Yes. Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi and Ādi Shankara were alive at the same time, from c. AD 788 to AD 817–823.

Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi

9th-century Persian mathematician and astronomer

Born c. AD 780 · died c. AD 850

Ādi Shankara

An Indian philosopher and theologian who consolidated the doctrine of Advaita Vedanta and revitalized Sanskrit scholasticism.

Born c. AD 788 · died AD 817–823

  1. Jabir ibn Hayyan
  2. Charlemagne
  3. Abu Nuwas
  4. Harun al-Rashid
  5. Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
  6. Ādi Shankara
Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi and Ādi Shankara in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.