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Also Known As Banabhatta
Flourished c.601 - c.649
Notable Works “Harshacharita” • “Kadambari”
Subjects Of Study India
Indian writer Khushwant Singh in his study
Khushwant Singh
Indian writer
Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore
Bengali poet
Thomas Babington Macaulay, detail of an oil painting by J. Partridge, 1840; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
English politician and author
Shashi Tharoor
Shashi Tharoor
Indian politician and author
Sri Aurobindo
Sri Aurobindo
Indian philosopher and yogi
Photo of Sarojini Naidu
Sarojini Naidu
Indian writer and political leader
Kocheril Raman Narayanan
president of India
ʿAbd al-Qādir Badāʾūnī
Indo-Persian historian
Mahadev Govind Ranade
Indian politician
Dandin
Indian author
Meena Alexander
Indian poet and teacher
Al-Bīrūnī, Afghan commemorative stamp, 1973.
al-Bīrūnī
Persian scholar and scientist
Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, sepia drawing by George Frederick Watts; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, 1st Baronet
British law scholar
Ctesias
Greek physician and historian
Megasthenes
Greek historian
Sanjay Gandhi
Indian politician
Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian leader
Jawaharlal Nehru
Jawaharlal Nehru
prime minister of India
Amit Shah
Amit Shah
Indian politician
Mohammed Ali Jinnah
Mohammed Ali Jinnah
Pakistani governor-general