Prehistoric – The Year 1206 Personalities
Pre-Islamic Civilizations And The Advent Of Islam
600 – 200 BC Personalities
Siddhartha Gotma Buddha
Siddhartha was born around 566 BC in Lumbini garden. His family name was Gotama (gotra). He was the only son ...
Vardhamana (Mahavira)
The 24th and the last reformer of Jainism, Vardhamana was born in 599 BC in Ksatiryakundagrama, India, to a royal ...
Alexander
Alexander was born in Pella, Macedon in July, 356 BC. He was the son of King Philip II of Macedon ...
Chandragupta Maurya
Founder of the Maurya Empire, Chandragupta Maurya is the first paramount ruler of India. He was the son of a ...
Chanakya
Chanakya was born around 350 BC in the city of Magadha during the reign of the Nanda Dynasty. He is ...
100 – 500 AD
Kanishka
King Kanishka (Cheu-tan Kia-ni-cha in Chinese historical records) is considered to be one of the greatest kings of Kushana dynasty ...
Chandra Gupta I
After the downfall of the Kushans in the north and the Satvanahas in the south, no great power rose in ...
Samudra Gupta
Samudragupta, was the forth ruler of the Gupta Empire. Samudragupta ascended the throne in 335 AD Due to his military ...
Chandra Gupta II
Chandragupta (meaning protected by the moon) II also known as Vikramaditya or Chandragupta Vikramaditya was the son of Samudra Gupta ...
712 – 1206 AD
Muhammad bin Qasim
Muhammad bin Qasim was orphaned as a child and thus the responsibility of his upbringing fell upon his mother. She ...
Mahmud Ghaznavi
One of the most controversial personalities in the history of South Asia, Mahmud Ghaznavi is known as one of the ...
Shaikh Ali bin Uthman Hajveri
Once in Lahore, it is very difficult to miss the centuries old shrine of Data Ganj Bakhsh. On the Ravi ...
Al Biruni
Abu Rehan Al-Biruni was born in 973 in a village called Barun in Khwarizm (modern Khiva). He spent his early ...
Muhammad Ghuri
Muizz-ud-din Muhammad bin Sam, commonly known as Shahab-ud-din Muhammad Ghuri is one of the key persons who played a significant ...