Who Was Alive

Bhartṛhari

Indian linguist and poet

Born AD 570 · died c. AD 651
Also known as Bhartrihari

Who was alive at the same time as Bhartṛhari?

  1. Pope Pelagius II, c. AD 520 – AD 590
  2. Pope Benedict I, c. AD 526 – AD 579
  3. Pope Gregory I, c. AD 541 – AD 604
  4. Isidore of Seville, c. AD 560 – AD 636
  5. Bhartṛhari, AD 570 – c. AD 651
  6. Muhammad, AD 571 – AD 632
  7. Abu Bakr, c. AD 573 – AD 634
  8. Heraclius, c. AD 575 – AD 641
  9. Uthman, c. AD 575 – AD 656
  10. Pope Honorius I, c. AD 585 – AD 638
  11. Umar, c. AD 586 – AD 644
  12. Khalid ibn al-Walid, AD 586 – AD 642
  13. Brahmagupta, c. AD 598 – c. AD 670
  14. Pope John IV, c. AD 600 – AD 642
  15. Pope Martin I, AD 598 – AD 655
  16. Ali, AD 599 – AD 661
  17. Xuanzang, AD 602 – AD 664
  18. Mu'awiya I, AD 603 – AD 680
  19. Fatima, c. AD 610 – AD 632
  20. Pope Leo II, AD 611 – AD 683
  21. Aisha, AD 614 – c. AD 678
  22. Hasan ibn Ali, AD 625 – AD 669
  23. Husayn ibn Ali, AD 626 – AD 680
  24. Pope Benedict II, AD 635 – AD 685

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When Bhartṛhari was born, Maurice was 30 or 31, Khosrow I was 68 or 69, Gregory of Tours was 31 or 32, Columba was 48 or 49 and Salman the Persian was 1 or 2.

Born during Bhartṛhari’s lifetime: Muhammad, Umar, Ali, Abu Bakr, Brahmagupta, Uthman, Aisha and Husayn ibn Ali.

Not quite contemporaries: Justinian I died about 5 years before Bhartṛhari was born, Pope Pelagius I died about 9 years before Bhartṛhari was born, Pope John VI was born about a year after Bhartṛhari died and Belisarius died about 5 years before Bhartṛhari was born.

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Where Bhartṛhari’s contemporaries were born

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The 126 best-known contemporaries

126 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Bhartṛhari. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 610.

  1. Muhammad AD 571 – AD 632
  2. Umar c. AD 586 – AD 644
  3. Ali AD 599 – AD 661
  4. Abu Bakr c. AD 573 – AD 634
  5. Brahmagupta c. AD 598 – c. AD 670
  6. Pope Gregory I c. AD 541 – AD 604
  7. Uthman c. AD 575 – AD 656
  8. Aisha AD 614 – c. AD 678
  9. Husayn ibn Ali AD 626 – AD 680
  10. Fatima c. AD 610 – AD 632
  11. Mu'awiya I AD 603 – AD 680
  12. Heraclius c. AD 575 – AD 641
  13. Isidore of Seville c. AD 560 – AD 636
  14. Pope Honorius I c. AD 585 – AD 638
  15. Pope Benedict II AD 635 – AD 685
  16. Pope Pelagius II c. AD 520 – AD 590
  17. Hasan ibn Ali AD 625 – AD 669
  18. Pope Benedict I c. AD 526 – AD 579
  19. Pope Martin I AD 598 – AD 655
  20. Pope Leo II AD 611 – AD 683
  21. Khalid ibn al-Walid AD 586 – AD 642
  22. Pope John IV c. AD 600 – AD 642
  23. Xuanzang AD 602 – AD 664
  24. Pope Adeodatus I AD 570 – AD 618
  25. Pope Agatho AD 574 – AD 681
  26. Pope Vitalian c. AD 600 – AD 672
  27. Pope John V AD 635 – AD 686
  28. Pope Boniface IV c. AD 550 – AD 615
  29. Wu Zetian AD 624 – AD 705
  30. Pope Conon AD 630 – AD 687
  31. Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan c. AD 646 – AD 705
  32. Pope Sabinian c. AD 530 – AD 606
  33. Pope Boniface III c. AD 540 – AD 607
  34. Amina bint Wahb c. 550s – c. AD 578
  35. Maurice AD 539 – AD 602
  36. Khosrow I AD 501 – AD 579
  37. Yazid I AD 646 – AD 683
  38. Bilal ibn Rabah AD 581 – c. AD 642
  39. Khosrow II AD 570 – AD 628
  40. Constans II AD 630 – AD 668
  41. Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib c. AD 568 – AD 653
  42. Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr AD 624 – AD 692
  43. Justin II c. AD 520 – AD 578
  44. Phocas AD 547 – AD 610
  45. Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib c. AD 541 – AD 619
  46. Maximus the Confessor AD 579 – AD 662
  47. Hafsa bint Umar AD 604 – AD 665
  48. Ibn Abbas c. AD 619 – AD 688
  49. Cassiodorus c. AD 487 – AD 583
  50. Tiberius II Constantine c. AD 520 – AD 582
  51. Gregory of Tours AD 538 – AD 594
  52. Amr ibn al-As AD 570 – AD 664
  53. Emperor Taizong of Tang AD 598 – AD 649
  54. Heraclius Constantine AD 612 – AD 641
  55. Marwan I AD 623 – AD 685
  56. Columba AD 521 – AD 597
  57. Salman the Persian AD 568 – AD 657
  58. Chlothar II AD 584 – AD 629
  59. Zubayr ibn al-Awwam AD 594 – AD 656
  60. Asparuh of Bulgaria c. AD 640 – c. AD 701
  61. Emperor Gaozu of Tang AD 566 – AD 635
  62. Abu Sufyan c. AD 570 – c. AD 646
  63. Yazdegerd III AD 624 – AD 652
  64. Harsha AD 590 – AD 647
  65. Abu Hurayra AD 602 – AD 679
  66. Dagobert I c. AD 611 – AD 639
  67. Abd al-Muttalib c. AD 497 – AD 579
  68. Heraclonas AD 618 – AD 641
  69. Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah AD 583 – AD 639
  70. Zaynab bint Jahsh AD 592 – AD 642
  71. Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas AD 595 – c. AD 675
  72. Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib AD 568 – AD 625
  73. Umm Salama AD 596 – AD 681
  74. Zaynab bint Ali c. AD 627 – c. AD 684
  75. Isaac the Syrian c. AD 640 – c. AD 700
  76. Brendan the Navigator c. AD 486 – AD 577
  77. John Malalas c. AD 491 – c. AD 578
  78. Guntram c. AD 532 – c. AD 593
  79. Childebert II AD 570 – AD 596
  80. Sawdah bint Zam'ah AD 589 – AD 674
  81. Zaynab bint Khuzayma AD 595 – AD 625
  82. Talha ibn Ubayd Allah AD 595 – AD 656
  83. Penda of Mercia c. AD 606 – AD 655
  84. Abd Allah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab c. AD 610 – AD 693
  85. Clovis II c. AD 636 – AD 657
  86. Æthelberht of Kent AD 552 – AD 612
  87. John Climacus c. AD 579 – c. AD 649
  88. Umm Habiba c. AD 594 – AD 665
  89. Abd Allah ibn Mas'ud AD 594 – AD 653
  90. Columbanus c. AD 543 – AD 615
  91. Abu Lahab AD 549 – c. AD 625
  92. Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf c. AD 577 – c. AD 654
  93. Theophylact Simocatta AD 580 – AD 630
  94. Maymunah bint al-Harith c. AD 592 – AD 672
  95. Boran AD 590 – AD 632
  96. Safiyya bint Huyayy c. AD 610 – AD 670
  97. Juwayriya bint al-Harith AD 608 – AD 676
  98. Hasan al-Basri AD 642 – AD 728
  99. Pepin of Herstal c. AD 645 – AD 714
  100. Empress Jitō AD 645 – AD 703
  101. Sigebert I AD 535 – AD 575
  102. Emperor Wen of Sui AD 541 – AD 604
  103. Empress Suiko AD 554 – AD 628
  104. Prince Shōtoku AD 574 – AD 622
  105. Ruqayya bint Muhammad c. AD 600 – AD 624
  106. Emperor Tenji AD 626 – AD 672
  107. Radegund AD 518 – AD 587
  108. Theudebert II AD 585 – AD 612
  109. Theuderic II AD 587 – AD 613
  110. Empress Kōgyoku AD 594 – AD 661
  111. Sigebert III AD 630 – AD 656
  112. Venantius Fortunatus c. AD 534 – AD 609
  113. Theodelinda c. AD 570 – c. AD 628
  114. Zayd ibn Haritha al-Kalbi AD 581 – AD 629
  115. Pepin of Landen c. AD 585 – AD 640
  116. Rayhana bint Zayd c. 590s – AD 631
  117. Sigebert II AD 602 – AD 613
  118. Anas ibn Malik AD 611 – AD 713
  119. Saint David AD 512 – AD 589
  120. Alboin c. AD 529 – AD 572
  121. Reccared I c. AD 560 – AD 601
  122. Ammar ibn Yasir AD 570 – AD 657
  123. Zainab bint Muhammad c. AD 599 – c. AD 629
  124. Emperor Tenmu AD 631 – AD 686
  125. Kubrat c. AD 595 – AD 665
  126. Ardashir III AD 621 – AD 630