Region

India

The Indus Valley, Vedic age, Mauryan and Mughal empires, and a civilisation of extraordinary continuity.

Figures from this region14

Siddhartha Gautama (The Buddha)

c. 563–483 BCE

Religious teacher · Founder of Buddhism

48s

Ashoka the Great

c. 304–232 BCE

Mauryan Emperor · The Conqueror Who Wept

48s

Mother Teresa

1910–1997 CE

Catholic Nun · Founder of the Missionaries of Charity

Indira Gandhi

1917–1984 CE

Prime Minister of India · Daughter of Nehru

Malala Yousafzai

1997– CE

Pakistani Education Activist · Youngest-Ever Nobel Laureate

Akbar the Great

1542–1605 CE

Mughal Emperor

Rabindranath Tagore

1861–1941 CE

Bengali Polymath · Nobel Laureate in Literature

Swami Vivekananda

1863–1902 CE

Hindu Monk · Founder of Ramakrishna Mission

Chandragupta Maurya

c. 350–295 BCE

Founder of the Maurya Empire

B.R. Ambedkar

1891–1956 CE

Architect of the Indian Constitution · Dalit Leader

Aryabhata

476–550 CE

Mathematician · Astronomer

48s

Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama

1935– CE

Spiritual Leader of Tibetan Buddhism · Nobel Peace Laureate

Countries

India

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Historical Guide

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