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Amrapali

450 BC - Today

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Āmrapālī, also known as "Ambapālika", "Ambapali", or "Amra" was a celebrated nagarvadhu (royal courtesan) of the Republic of Vaishali (located in present-day Bihar) in ancient India around 500 BC.Amrapali also won the title of rajnartaki (court dancer).Following the Buddha's teachings, she became an arahant. She is mentioned in the old Pali texts and Buddhist traditions (āgama sutras), particularly in conjunction with the Buddha staying at her mango grove, Ambapali vana, which she later donated to his order and wherein he preached the famous Ambapalika Sutra. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Amrapali has received more than 985,237 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Amrapali is the 8,546th most popular politician (up from 10,513th in 2019), the 278th most popular biography from India (up from 351st in 2019) and the 90th most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Amrapali ranks 8,546 out of 15,577. Before her are Tostig Godwinson, William Tolbert, Maria Komnene, Queen of Hungary, P. V. Narasimha Rao, Reginald Johnston, and Jusuf Kalla. After her are Floris III, Count of Holland, Friedrich Wilhelm I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Fujiwara no Fuhito, Iwakura Tomomi, Kujō Yoritsune, and Artavasdes I of Armenia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 450 BC, Amrapali ranks 16. Before her are Theramenes, Diagoras of Melos, Amyrtaeus, Ptolemy of Aloros, Artabanus of Persia, and King An of Zhou. After her are Anuruddha, Timotheus of Miletus, Phormio, Antiochus of Syracuse, Thrasyllus, and Seuthes I.

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In India

Among people born in India, Amrapali ranks 278 out of 1,493. Before her are Wilfred Bion (1897), Khudiram Bose (1889), Ratan Tata (1937), Dashrath Manjhi (1934), P. V. Narasimha Rao (1921), and Madhava of Sangamagrama (1350). After her are Skandagupta (500), Dadasaheb Phalke (1870), Bhavabhuti (null), Mahadev Govind Ranade (1842), Jim Corbett (1875), and Homi J. Bhabha (1909).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Amrapali ranks 90. Before her are Farrukhsiyar (1685), Bahubali (null), Akbar II (1760), Liaquat Ali Khan (1895), Jahandar Shah (1661), and P. V. Narasimha Rao (1921). After her are Skandagupta (500), Begum Hazrat Mahal (1820), Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (1900), Birbal (1528), Rajaram I (1670), and Gupta (240).

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