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Basava

1134 - 1196

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Basava (1131–1196), also called Basavēśvara and Basavaṇṇa, was an Indian philosopher, poet, Lingayat social reformer in the Shiva-focused bhakti movement, and a Hindu Shaivite social reformer during the reign of the Kalyani Chalukya/Kalachuri dynasty. Basava was active during the rule of both dynasties but reached the peak of his influence during the rule of King Bijjala II in Karnataka, India. Basava spread social awareness through his poetry, popularly known as Vachanaas. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Basava has received more than 2,269,938 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Basava is the 878th most popular writer (up from 1,026th in 2019), the 107th most popular biography from India (down from 105th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Indian Writer.

Basava is most famous for his work to reform the caste system in India.

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  • 30

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Basava ranks 878 out of 5,755. Before him are Gerard of Cremona, Ali Shariati, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, and Gaius Lucilius. After him are Vicente Aleixandre, Hans Sachs, Eugène Scribe, Thomas Malory, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, and Clifford D. Simak.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1134, Basava ranks 2. Before him is Yesugei. After him are Sancho III of Castile, Raymond V, Count of Toulouse, Conrad, Count Palatine of the Rhine, Theodora Komnene, Duchess of Austria, Margaret of Navarre, and Geoffrey, Count of Nantes. Among people deceased in 1196, Basava ranks 4. Before him are Béla III of Hungary, Alfonso II of Aragon, and Canute I of Sweden. After him are Ivan Asen I of Bulgaria, Henry IV, Count of Luxembourg, Isaac Komnenos of Cyprus, Maurice de Sully, Saint Meinhard, and Conrad II, Duke of Swabia.

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In India

Among people born in India, Basava ranks 107 out of 1,493. Before him are Maudgalyayana (-568), Bindusara (-320), Radha (null), Syed Ahmad Khan (1817), Pete Best (1941), and Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924). After him are Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (1838), Engelbert Humperdinck (1936), Gopal Krishna Gokhale (1866), Ahmed Deedat (1918), Dadabhai Naoroji (1825), and Pervez Musharraf (1943).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Basava ranks 17. Before him are Premchand (1880), Ghalib (1797), Vātsyāyana (300), Tukaram (1608), Sarojini Naidu (1879), and Lawrence Durrell (1912). After him are Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (1838), Ahmed Deedat (1918), Namdev (1270), Bāṇabhaṭṭa (601), Bharata Muni (-1000), and Kazi Nazrul Islam (1899).

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