Adi Shankara

c. 700–c. 750

Indian philosopher who consolidated the Advaita Vedanta tradition. Dated here by modern scholarship, while tradition gives 788 to 820.

Adi Shankara (c. 700–c. 750) was a philosopher, born in Kalady and died in Kedarnath.

Known as

Philosopher

Category

Thinkers

Born

c. 700, Kalady

Died

c. 750, Kedarnath

Alive at the same time as Adi Shankara

• Wu Zetian 624–705, empress
• Li Bai 701–762, poet
• Du Fu 712–770, poet
• Rabia of Basra c. 717–801, Sufi mystic
• Charlemagne c. 748–814, emperor

Portrait: Raja Ravi Varma, Public domain.