Who Was Alive

Were Chanakya and Ashoka alive at the same time?

Yes. Chanakya and Ashoka were alive at the same time, from 304 BC to 283 BC.

Chanakya was 70 or 71 when Ashoka was born.

Chanakya

Ancient Indian teacher and strategist who authored the foundational manual on political economy

Born 375 BC · died 283 BC

Ashoka

Mauryan emperor from 268 to 232 BCE

Born 304 BC · died 232 BC

  1. Hippocrates
  2. Aristotle
  3. Chanakya
  4. Alexander the Great
  5. Epicurus
  6. Ashoka
  7. Archimedes
  8. Qin Shi Huang
  9. Hannibal
Chanakya and Ashoka 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.