Who Was Alive
Pāṇini
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Pāṇini

Linguist

Born c. 520 BC · died c. 460 BC
Also known as Panini

Who was alive at the same time as Pāṇini?

  1. Anacreon, c. 570 – c. 485 BC
  2. Xenophanes, 570 – c. 478 BC
  3. Simonides of Ceos, 556 – c. 468 BC
  4. Confucius, c. 551 – c. 479 BC
  5. Darius the Great, 550–486 BC
  6. Aeschylus, 525–456 BC
  7. Themistocles, 524–459 BC
  8. Pāṇini, c. 520 – c. 460 BC
  9. Xerxes I, 519–465 BC
  10. Pindar, 517–437 BC
  11. Parmenides, c. 512 – c. 470 BC
  12. Anaxagoras, c. 500 – c. 428 BC
  13. Phidias, c. 500 – c. 430 BC
  14. Sophocles, c. 496 – c. 406 BC
  15. Empedocles, c. 494 – c. 434 BC
  16. Pericles, 494–429 BC
  17. Protagoras, c. 490 – c. 420 BC
  18. Zeno of Elea, c. 490 – c. 425 BC
  19. Herodotus, c. 484 – c. 425 BC
  20. Gorgias, c. 483 – c. 375 BC
  21. Darius II, 475–404 BC
  22. Socrates, c. 470 – 399 BC
  23. Aspasia, c. 470 – 400 BC
  24. Mozi, 470–391 BC

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Born during Pāṇini’s lifetime: Socrates, Sophocles, Herodotus, Pericles, Parmenides, Anaxagoras, Protagoras and Empedocles.

Not quite contemporaries: Cyrus the Great died about 7 years before Pāṇini was born, Aristophanes was born about 10 years after Pāṇini died, Antisthenes was born about 12 years after Pāṇini died and Alcibiades was born about 5 years after Pāṇini died.

What happened in Pāṇini’s lifetime

Where Pāṇini’s contemporaries were born

Pāṇini is labelled; the others are the best-known people we track who lived at the same time. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (35 of 39 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list

Compare Pāṇini

The 38 best-known contemporaries

38 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Pāṇini. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 490 BC.

  1. Confucius c. 551 – c. 479 BC
  2. Socrates c. 470 – 399 BC
  3. Sophocles c. 496 – c. 406 BC
  4. Herodotus c. 484 – c. 425 BC
  5. Aeschylus 525–456 BC
  6. Pericles 494–429 BC
  7. Darius the Great 550–486 BC
  8. Parmenides c. 512 – c. 470 BC
  9. Anaxagoras c. 500 – c. 428 BC
  10. Protagoras c. 490 – c. 420 BC
  11. Empedocles c. 494 – c. 434 BC
  12. Pindar 517–437 BC
  13. Xenophanes 570 – c. 478 BC
  14. Zeno of Elea c. 490 – c. 425 BC
  15. Xerxes I 519–465 BC
  16. Gorgias c. 483 – c. 375 BC
  17. Anacreon c. 570 – c. 485 BC
  18. Themistocles 524–459 BC
  19. Phidias c. 500 – c. 430 BC
  20. Mozi 470–391 BC
  21. Simonides of Ceos 556 – c. 468 BC
  22. Aspasia c. 470 – 400 BC
  23. Darius II 475–404 BC
  24. Theognis of Megara 570–485 BC
  25. Philolaus c. 470 – c. 390 BC
  26. Sushruta 600–500 BC
  27. Miltiades c. 554 – 489 BC
  28. Polykleitos c. 490 – c. 420 BC
  29. Śāriputra 568–484 BC
  30. Bacchylides c. 516 – c. 451 BC
  31. Aristides c. 540 – 467 BC
  32. Hippocrates of Chios c. 470 – 410 BC
  33. Bimbisara 558–491 BC
  34. Epicharmus of Cos c. 531 – c. 440 BC
  35. Cimon 510–450 BC
  36. Callicrates c. 470 – 420 BC
  37. Pherecydes of Syros c. 580 – c. 499 BC
  38. Atossa 550–475 BC