Who Was Alive

Ashoka

Mauryan emperor from 268 to 232 BCE

Born 304 BC · died 232 BC

Who was alive at the same time as Ashoka?

  1. Chanakya
  2. Mencius
  3. Theophrastus
  4. Zhuang Zhou
  5. Epicurus
  6. Zeno of Citium
  7. Ashoka
  8. Archimedes
  9. Eratosthenes
  10. Qin Shi Huang
  11. Plautus
  12. Hannibal
Drag across the timeline to see who was alive in any year and the age each person reached that year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

When Ashoka was born, Epicurus was 37 or 38 and Chanakya was 70 or 71.

When Ashoka died, Qin Shi Huang was 26 or 27, Eratosthenes was 43 or 44 and Plautus was 17 or 18.

Born during Ashoka’s lifetime: Archimedes, Qin Shi Huang, Hannibal, Eratosthenes and Plautus.

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