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Shantideva
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Shantideva

Buddhist monk

Born c. AD 685 · died c. AD 763
Also known as Vushuk Pa, Śāntideva

Who was alive at the same time as Shantideva?

  1. Wu Zetian, AD 624 – AD 705
  2. Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, c. AD 646 – AD 705
  3. Pope Sisinnius, c. AD 650 – AD 708
  4. Pope John VII, AD 650 – AD 707
  5. Pope Sergius I, AD 650 – AD 701
  6. Pope John VI, AD 655 – AD 705
  7. Pope Gregory II, AD 669 – AD 731
  8. Bede, c. AD 672 – AD 735
  9. John of Damascus, c. AD 675 – AD 749
  10. Pope Zachary, AD 679 – AD 752
  11. Shantideva, c. AD 685 – c. AD 763
  12. Charles Martel, AD 688 – AD 741
  13. Ja'far al-Sadiq, c. AD 701 – c. AD 765
  14. Abu Hanifa, AD 699 – c. AD 768
  15. Pope Adrian I, AD 700 – AD 795
  16. Pope Paul I, AD 700 – AD 767
  17. Li Bai, AD 701 – AD 762
  18. Du Fu, AD 712 – AD 770
  19. Pope Stephen II, c. AD 714 – AD 757
  20. Pepin the Short, c. AD 716 – AD 768
  21. Pope Stephen III, c. AD 720 – AD 772
  22. Jabir ibn Hayyan, AD 721 – AD 815
  23. Charlemagne, c. AD 744 – AD 814
  24. Pope Leo III, AD 750 – c. AD 816

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Born during Shantideva’s lifetime: Li Bai, Charlemagne, Du Fu, Jabir ibn Hayyan, Abu Hanifa, Charles Martel, Pope Leo III and Pope Adrian I.

Not quite contemporaries: Al-Khwarizmi was born about 12 years after Shantideva died, Brahmagupta died about 10 years before Shantideva was born, Aisha died about 3 years before Shantideva was born and Husayn ibn Ali died about 3 years before Shantideva was born.

What happened in Shantideva’s lifetime

Where Shantideva’s contemporaries were born

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The 87 best-known contemporaries

87 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Shantideva. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 725.

  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 John VII AD 650 – AD 707
  15. Pope Sergius I AD 650 – AD 701
  16. Pope Stephen III c. AD 720 – AD 772
  17. Pope John VI AD 655 – AD 705
  18. Pope Zachary AD 679 – AD 752
  19. Pope Stephen II c. AD 714 – AD 757
  20. Ja'far al-Sadiq c. AD 701 – c. AD 765
  21. Wu Zetian AD 624 – AD 705
  22. Pope Sisinnius c. AD 650 – AD 708
  23. Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan c. AD 646 – AD 705
  24. Malik ibn Anas c. AD 711 – AD 795
  25. Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz AD 681 – c. AD 720
  26. Leo III the Isaurian AD 675 – AD 741
  27. Irene of Athens c. AD 752 – AD 803
  28. Rabia Basri 710s – AD 801
  29. Alcuin c. AD 740 – AD 804
  30. Justinian II AD 669 – AD 711
  31. Tariq ibn Ziyad AD 670 – AD 720
  32. Abd al-Rahman I AD 731 – AD 788
  33. Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr AD 624 – AD 692
  34. Roland AD 737 – AD 778
  35. Padmasambhava AD 717 – AD 762
  36. Constantine V AD 718 – AD 775
  37. Nikephoros I c. AD 750 – AD 811
  38. Ali al-Sajjad AD 659 – AD 713
  39. Pelagius of Asturias c. AD 685 – AD 737
  40. Asparuh of Bulgaria c. AD 640 – c. AD 701
  41. Wang Wei AD 699 – c. AD 760
  42. Al-Mansur AD 713 – AD 775
  43. Carloman I AD 751 – AD 771
  44. Abu Muslim c. AD 719 – AD 755
  45. Paul the Deacon c. AD 720 – c. AD 799
  46. Leo IV the Khazar AD 750 – AD 780
  47. Leontius AD 660 – AD 706
  48. Al-Walid I AD 668 – AD 715
  49. Saint Boniface c. AD 675 – AD 754
  50. Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik AD 675 – AD 717
  51. Al-Saffah AD 722 – AD 754
  52. Musa al-Kazim AD 745 – c. AD 799
  53. Krum AD 755 – AD 814
  54. Isaac the Syrian c. AD 640 – c. AD 700
  55. Muhammad al-Baqir AD 677 – AD 733
  56. Roderic AD 688 – AD 711
  57. Marwan II AD 688 – AD 750
  58. Dagobert III c. AD 698 – AD 715
  59. Al-Walid II 700s – AD 744
  60. Ibn Ishaq AD 704 – AD 768
  61. Al-Mahdi AD 744 – AD 785
  62. Childebert III AD 678 – AD 711
  63. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang c. AD 684 – c. AD 765
  64. Theuderic IV c. AD 713 – AD 737
  65. Abd Allah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab c. AD 610 – AD 693
  66. Theuderic III 650s – AD 691
  67. Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik AD 691 – AD 743
  68. Theophanes the Confessor AD 759 – AD 817
  69. Chilperic II c. AD 673 – AD 721
  70. Clovis IV c. AD 677 – AD 695
  71. Hasan al-Basri AD 642 – AD 728
  72. Pepin of Herstal c. AD 645 – AD 714
  73. Empress Jitō AD 645 – AD 703
  74. Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf AD 661 – AD 714
  75. Yazid II AD 687 – AD 724
  76. Yazid III AD 701 – AD 744
  77. Desiderius c. AD 710 – c. AD 786
  78. Empress Genmei AD 661 – AD 721
  79. Kahina AD 668 – AD 703
  80. Anas ibn Malik AD 611 – AD 713
  81. Muhammad ibn al-Qasim AD 695 – AD 715
  82. Liutprand, King of the Lombards c. 680s – AD 744
  83. Chlothar IV c. AD 685 – AD 719
  84. Emperor Kanmu AD 737 – AD 806
  85. Hisham I of Córdoba AD 757 – AD 796
  86. Carloman c. AD 710 – AD 754
  87. Alfonso II of Asturias AD 759 – AD 842