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Born 1357
Died 1419 (aged 62)
Founder Dge-lugs-pa
14th Dalai Lama
14th Dalai Lama
Tibetan Buddhist monk
Milarepa
Tibetan Buddhist master
Bu-ston
Tibetan Buddhist scholar
’Phags-pa
ruler of Tibet
Rin-chen-bzang-po
Buddhist monk
’Brom-ston
Tibetan Buddhist monk
Altan
Mongol chief
Bogd Gegeen Khan
Mongolian head of state
Amoghavajra
Buddhist monk
Buddha
Buddha
founder of Buddhism
Nichiren
Nichiren
Japanese Buddhist monk
Shinran
Japanese Buddhist philosopher
Nagarjuna
Nagarjuna
Buddhist philosopher
Wendi
emperor of Sui dynasty
Angkor, Cambodia: Angkor Thom ruins
Jayavarman VII
king of Khmer empire
Hōnen
Buddhist priest
Alan Watts
Alan Watts
British-born American writer, philosopher, and lecturer
Xuanzang
Xuanzang
Buddhist monk
Pillar commemorating Ashoka at Vaishali
Ashoka
emperor of India
Faxian
Chinese Buddhist monk