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Bharata Muni

1000 BC - 1000 BC

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Bharata (Devanagari: भरत) was a muni (sage) of ancient India. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bharata Muni has received more than 473,533 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Bharata Muni is the 1,135th most popular writer (down from 1,038th in 2019), the 136th most popular biography from India (down from 120th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Indian Writer.

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Notable Works

The Nātyaśāstra
Theater, Drama, Dance
Nāṭyaśāstra
Theater, Sanskrit drama, History and criticism
Tāṇḍava Lakṣaṇam
Dance, Gesture
Bhāratīya-nātya-cāstram [sic]
Sanskrit drama, History and criticism, Theater
Le Gītālamkāra
Music theory, Early works to 1800
Nāṭyaśāstra
India, Dance, Music
Nāṭyaśāstram
Sanskrit drama, History and criticism, Theater
Tāṇḍava Lakṣaṇam
Dance, Gesture
Nāṭyaśāstra
Theater, Sanskrit drama, History and criticism
Classical work in Indic dramaturgy.
Bhāratīya-nātya-cāstram [sic]
Sanskrit drama, History and criticism, Theater
The Nātyaśāstra
Theater, Drama, Dance
Nāṭyaśāstra
India, Dance, Music
Nāṭyaśāstra
Theater, Sanskrit drama, History and criticism
Classical work in Indic dramaturgy.
Bhāratīya-nātya-cāstram [sic]
Sanskrit drama, History and criticism, Theater
Nāṭyaśāstram
Sanskrit drama, History and criticism, Theater
Tāṇḍava Lakṣaṇam
Dance, Gesture
The Nātyaśāstra
Theater, Drama, Dance

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Bharata Muni ranks 1,135 out of 7,302Before him are Lycophron, Clément Marot, Sami Frashëri, John Updike, Fredric Brown, and Rigas Feraios. After him are Saint Gall, Michel Butor, Arnold Zweig, Bulat Okudzhava, Gaius Valerius Flaccus, and Monique Wittig.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1000 BC, Bharata Muni ranks 20Before him are Zimri, Adad-nirari II, Michal, Hiram I, Osorkon I, and Abiathar. After him are Shoshenq II, Osorkon II, Tukulti-Ninurta II, Tiglath-Pileser II, Takelot I, and Ashur-dan II. Among people deceased in 1000 BC, Bharata Muni ranks 5Before him are Queen of Sheba, Nathan, Abigail, and Ish-bosheth. After him is Maitreyi.

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In India

Among people born in India, Bharata Muni ranks 136 out of 1,861Before him are Dayananda Saraswati (1824), Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (1918), Abul A'la Maududi (1903), Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (1883), Gangubai Kothewali (1939), and Ajatashatru (-500). After him are Anna Mani (1918), Periyar E. V. Ramasamy (1879), Muhammad bin Tughluq (1290), Ghiyas ud din Balban (1200), Vidyapati (1352), and Ajay Devgn (1969).

Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Bharata Muni ranks 21Before him are Basava (1134), Ahmed Deedat (1918), Tukaram (1608), Vātsyāyana (300), Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (1838), and Kazi Nazrul Islam (1899). After him are Vidyapati (1352), Deepak Chopra (1946), Sankardev (1449), Bāṇabhaṭṭa (601), Namdev (1270), and Subramania Bharati (1882).