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Padmasambhava
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Padmasambhava

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Born AD 717 · died AD 762, aged 44 or 45

Who was alive at the same time as Padmasambhava?

  1. Pope Gregory II, AD 669 – AD 731
  2. Bede, c. AD 672 – AD 735
  3. John of Damascus, c. AD 675 – AD 749
  4. Leo III the Isaurian, AD 675 – AD 741
  5. Pope Zachary, AD 679 – AD 752
  6. Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz, AD 681 – c. AD 720
  7. Charles Martel, AD 688 – AD 741
  8. Ja'far al-Sadiq, c. AD 701 – c. AD 765
  9. Abu Hanifa, AD 699 – c. AD 768
  10. Pope Adrian I, AD 700 – AD 795
  11. Pope Paul I, AD 700 – AD 767
  12. Li Bai, AD 701 – AD 762
  13. Malik ibn Anas, c. AD 711 – AD 795
  14. Rabia Basri, 710s – AD 801
  15. Du Fu, AD 712 – AD 770
  16. Pope Stephen II, c. AD 714 – AD 757
  17. Pepin the Short, c. AD 716 – AD 768
  18. Padmasambhava, AD 717 – AD 762
  19. Pope Stephen III, c. AD 720 – AD 772
  20. Jabir ibn Hayyan, AD 721 – AD 815
  21. Alcuin, c. AD 740 – AD 804
  22. Charlemagne, c. AD 744 – AD 814
  23. Irene of Athens, c. AD 752 – AD 803
  24. Pope Leo III, AD 750 – c. AD 816

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When Padmasambhava was born, Li Bai was 15 or 16, Abu Hanifa was 17 or 18, Charles Martel was 28 or 29, Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz was 35 or 36 and Leo III the Isaurian was 41 or 42.

When Padmasambhava died, Abu Hanifa was 62 or 63, Al-Mansur was 48 or 49, Leo IV the Khazar was 11 or 12, Musa al-Kazim was 16 or 17 and Ibn Ishaq was 57 or 58.

Born during Padmasambhava’s lifetime: Charlemagne, Jabir ibn Hayyan, Pope Leo III, Pope Stephen III, Irene of Athens, Alcuin, Abd al-Rahman I and Roland.

Not quite contemporaries: Harun al-Rashid was born about 4 years after Padmasambhava died, Al-Shafi'i was born about 5 years after Padmasambhava died, Pope Paschal I was born about 11 years after Padmasambhava died and Pope John VII died about 10 years before Padmasambhava was born.

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The 61 best-known contemporaries

61 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Padmasambhava. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 740.

  1. Li Bai AD 701 – AD 762
  2. Charlemagne c. AD 744 – AD 814
  3. Du Fu AD 712 – AD 770
  4. Jabir ibn Hayyan AD 721 – AD 815
  5. Abu Hanifa AD 699 – c. AD 768
  6. Bede c. AD 672 – AD 735
  7. Pope Gregory II AD 669 – AD 731
  8. Charles Martel AD 688 – AD 741
  9. Pope Leo III AD 750 – c. AD 816
  10. Pope Adrian I AD 700 – AD 795
  11. Pepin the Short c. AD 716 – AD 768
  12. Pope Paul I AD 700 – AD 767
  13. John of Damascus c. AD 675 – AD 749
  14. Pope Stephen III c. AD 720 – AD 772
  15. Pope Zachary AD 679 – AD 752
  16. Pope Stephen II c. AD 714 – AD 757
  17. Ja'far al-Sadiq c. AD 701 – c. AD 765
  18. Malik ibn Anas c. AD 711 – AD 795
  19. Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz AD 681 – c. AD 720
  20. Leo III the Isaurian AD 675 – AD 741
  21. Irene of Athens c. AD 752 – AD 803
  22. Rabia Basri 710s – AD 801
  23. Alcuin c. AD 740 – AD 804
  24. Tariq ibn Ziyad AD 670 – AD 720
  25. Abd al-Rahman I AD 731 – AD 788
  26. Roland AD 737 – AD 778
  27. Constantine V AD 718 – AD 775
  28. Nikephoros I c. AD 750 – AD 811
  29. Pelagius of Asturias c. AD 685 – AD 737
  30. Wang Wei AD 699 – c. AD 760
  31. Al-Mansur AD 713 – AD 775
  32. Carloman I AD 751 – AD 771
  33. Abu Muslim c. AD 719 – AD 755
  34. Paul the Deacon c. AD 720 – c. AD 799
  35. Leo IV the Khazar AD 750 – AD 780
  36. Saint Boniface c. AD 675 – AD 754
  37. Al-Saffah AD 722 – AD 754
  38. Musa al-Kazim AD 745 – c. AD 799
  39. Krum AD 755 – AD 814
  40. Muhammad al-Baqir AD 677 – AD 733
  41. Marwan II AD 688 – AD 750
  42. Al-Walid II 700s – AD 744
  43. Ibn Ishaq AD 704 – AD 768
  44. Al-Mahdi AD 744 – AD 785
  45. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang c. AD 684 – c. AD 765
  46. Theuderic IV c. AD 713 – AD 737
  47. Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik AD 691 – AD 743
  48. Theophanes the Confessor AD 759 – AD 817
  49. Chilperic II c. AD 673 – AD 721
  50. Hasan al-Basri AD 642 – AD 728
  51. Yazid II AD 687 – AD 724
  52. Yazid III AD 701 – AD 744
  53. Desiderius c. AD 710 – c. AD 786
  54. Empress Genmei AD 661 – AD 721
  55. Liutprand, King of the Lombards c. 680s – AD 744
  56. Chlothar IV c. AD 685 – AD 719
  57. Shantideva c. AD 685 – c. AD 763
  58. Emperor Kanmu AD 737 – AD 806
  59. Hisham I of Córdoba AD 757 – AD 796
  60. Carloman c. AD 710 – AD 754
  61. Alfonso II of Asturias AD 759 – AD 842