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Flourished c.400 - c.450
Candrakīrti
Buddhist scholar
Bhāvaviveka
Indian Buddhist philosopher
Amoghavajra
Buddhist monk
Buddha
Buddha
founder of Buddhism
14th Dalai Lama
14th Dalai Lama
Tibetan Buddhist monk
Nichiren
Nichiren
Japanese Buddhist monk
Shinran
Japanese Buddhist philosopher
Moses Maimonides
Moses Maimonides
Jewish philosopher, scholar, and physician
Ramanuja
Ramanuja
Hindu theologian and philosopher
Chu Hsi, ink on paper, by an unknown artist; in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Zhu Xi
Chinese philosopher
Nagarjuna
Nagarjuna
Buddhist philosopher
St. Albertus Magnus
St. Albertus Magnus
German theologian, scientist, and philosopher
Wendi
emperor of Sui dynasty
Angkor, Cambodia: Angkor Thom ruins
Jayavarman VII
king of Khmer empire
al-Ṭabarī
Muslim scholar
Hōnen
Buddhist priest
Alan Watts
Alan Watts
British-born American writer, philosopher, and lecturer
Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan
Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan
Muslim scholar
Xuanzang
Xuanzang
Buddhist monk
Pillar commemorating Ashoka at Vaishali
Ashoka
emperor of India