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Bāṇabhaṭṭa

601 - 700

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Bāṇabhaṭṭa (Sanskrit: बाणभट्ट) was a 7th-century Sanskrit prose writer and poet of India. He was the Asthana Kavi in the court of the emperor Harsha, who reigned c. 606–647 CE in north India, first from Sthanvishvara (Thanesar), and later Kannauj. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bāṇabhaṭṭa has received more than 416,283 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Bāṇabhaṭṭa is the 1,029th most popular writer (up from 1,424th in 2019), the 119th most popular biography from India (up from 141st in 2019) and the 21st most popular Indian Writer.

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  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 2.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Bāṇabhaṭṭa ranks 1,029 out of 5,755Before him are Bernhard Schlink, Johannes Valentinus Andreae, Ernst Toller, Ľudovít Štúr, Egill Skallagrímsson, and Shoko Asahara. After him are Jerome K. Jerome, Marcus Minucius Felix, John Malalas, Will Durant, Corinna, and Robert Merle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 601, Bāṇabhaṭṭa ranks 3Before him are Ali and Go of Balhae. After him are Qapaghan Qaghan, Julian, Count of Ceuta, Æthelred of Mercia, Ilterish Qaghan, Cenwalh of Wessex, Fructuosus of Braga, Peada of Mercia, and Óengus I. Among people deceased in 700, Bāṇabhaṭṭa ranks 7Before him are Asparuh of Bulgaria, Bahira, Isaac of Nineveh, Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah, Di Renjie, and Abdullah ibn Saba'. After him are Eulji Mundeok, Cunipert, Daṇḍin, Sebeos, Sajah, and Adi ibn Hatim.

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In India

Among people born in India, Bāṇabhaṭṭa ranks 119 out of 1,493Before him are Pervez Musharraf (1943), Vinoba Bhave (1895), Julia Margaret Cameron (1815), Namdev (1270), Jyotirao Phule (1827), and James Brooke (1803). After him are Sushruta (-620), Bharata Muni (-1000), Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (1883), Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (1918), Kazi Nazrul Islam (1899), and Abdul Qadeer Khan (1936).

Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Bāṇabhaṭṭa ranks 21Before him are Sarojini Naidu (1879), Lawrence Durrell (1912), Basava (1134), Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (1838), Ahmed Deedat (1918), and Namdev (1270). After him are Bharata Muni (-1000), Kazi Nazrul Islam (1899), Vidyapati (1352), Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak (1551), Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (1820), and B. K. S. Iyengar (1918).