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PHILOSOPHER

Chanakya

375 BC - 283 BC

Chanakya

Chanakya (Sanskrit: चाणक्य; IAST: Cāṇakya, pronunciation ; 375–283 BCE) was an ancient Indian polymath who was active as a teacher, author, strategist, philosopher, economist, jurist, and royal advisor. He is traditionally identified as Kauṭilya or Vishnugupta, who authored the ancient Indian political treatise, the Arthashastra, a text dated to roughly between the fourth century BCE and the third century CE. As such, he is considered the pioneer of the field of political science and economics in India, and his work is thought of as an important precursor to classical economics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chanakya has received more than 6,027,643 page views. His biography is available in 109 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 105 in 2019). Chanakya is the 129th most popular philosopher (up from 144th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Pakistan and the most popular Pakistani Philosopher.

Chanakya is most famous for his book, Arthashastra, which is an ancient Indian text on statesmanship and economic policy.

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71.99
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
109
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4.70
Effective Languages (L*)
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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Chanakya ranks 129 out of 1,081. Before him are Ramon Llull, Hans-Georg Gadamer, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, Tommaso Campanella, Marsilio Ficino, and Mozi. After him are Oswald Spengler, Emanuel Swedenborg, Giambattista Vico, Bonaventure, Swami Vivekananda, and Rudolf Christoph Eucken.

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Ramon Llull
1232 - 1316
HPI: 72.39
Rank: 123
Hans-Georg Gadamer
1900 - 2002
HPI: 72.39
Rank: 124
Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab
1703 - 1792
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 125
Tommaso Campanella
1568 - 1639
HPI: 72.31
Rank: 126
Marsilio Ficino
1433 - 1499
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 127
Mozi
470 BC - 391 BC
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 128
Chanakya
375 BC - 283 BC
HPI: 71.99
Rank: 129
Oswald Spengler
1880 - 1936
HPI: 71.99
Rank: 130
Emanuel Swedenborg
1688 - 1772
HPI: 71.97
Rank: 131
Giambattista Vico
1668 - 1744
HPI: 71.92
Rank: 132
Bonaventure
1221 - 1274
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 133
Swami Vivekananda
1863 - 1902
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 134
Rudolf Christoph Eucken
1846 - 1926
HPI: 71.73
Rank: 135

Contemporaries

Among people born in 375 BC, Chanakya ranks 2. Before him is Olympias. After him are Menaechmus and Aristobulus of Cassandreia. Among people deceased in 283 BC, Chanakya ranks 2. Before him is Ptolemy I Soter. After him are Demetrius I of Macedon and Agathocles.