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Flourished c.701 - c.800
Subjects Of Study Buddhism
Devadatta
Buddhist monk
Lobsang Sangay
Lobsang Sangay
Tibetan scholar and political leader
14th Dalai Lama
14th Dalai Lama
Tibetan Buddhist monk
Padmasambhava
Padmasambhava
Buddhist mystic
’Phags-pa
ruler of Tibet
Amoghavajra
Buddhist monk
Buddha
Buddha
founder of Buddhism
Nagarjuna
Nagarjuna
Buddhist philosopher
Pillar commemorating Ashoka at Vaishali
Ashoka
emperor of India
Bodhidharma
Buddhist monk
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
Indian spiritual leader
Milarepa
Tibetan Buddhist master
Kumarajiva
Buddhist scholar
Bu-ston
Tibetan Buddhist scholar
Dignāga
Buddhist logician
Ananda
Ananda
Buddhist monk
Mahendra
Buddhist missionary
Bhāvaviveka
Indian Buddhist philosopher
Dharmakīrti
Indian philosopher
Srong-brtsan-sgam-po
Srong-brtsan-sgam-po
king of Tibet

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