Who Was Alive

Were Charlemagne and Ādi Shankara alive at the same time?

Yes. Charlemagne and Ādi Shankara were alive at the same time, from c. AD 788 to AD 814.

Charlemagne

King of Franks, regarded as the first Holy Roman Emperor (747–814)

Born AD 740–748 · died 28 January AD 814

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. Li Bai
  2. Du Fu
  3. Jabir ibn Hayyan
  4. Charlemagne
  5. Abu Nuwas
  6. Harun al-Rashid
  7. Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
  8. Ādi Shankara
Charlemagne 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.