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Pingala
150 BC - Today
Pingala
Acharya Pingala (Sanskrit: पिङ्गल, romanized: Piṅgala; c. 3rd–2nd century BCE) was an ancient Indian poet and mathematician, and the author of the Chhandaḥśāstra (Sanskrit: छन्दःशास्त्र, lit. 'A Treatise on Prosody'), also called the Pingala-sutras (Sanskrit: पिङ्गलसूत्राः, romanized: Piṅgalasūtrāḥ, lit. 'Pingala's Threads of Knowledge'), the earliest known treatise on Sanskrit prosody. The Chandaḥśāstra is a work of eight chapters in the late Sūtra style, not fully comprehensible without a commentary. It has been dated to the last few centuries BCE. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pingala has received more than 489,467 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Pingala is the 540th most popular mathematician (down from 527th in 2019).
Memorability Metrics
490k
Page Views (PV)
50.02
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
22
Languages Editions (L)
2.70
Effective Languages (L*)
3.42
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Among MATHEMATICIANS
Among mathematicians, Pingala ranks 540 out of 823. Before her are Sydney Chapman, Robert Axelrod, Ernst Leonard Lindelöf, Bhāskara I, Boris Delaunay, and Simon von Stampfer. After her are Harold Hotelling, Dmitri Egorov, John Cairncross, Joseph Valentin Boussinesq, August Leopold Crelle, and Martin Kutta.
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Sydney Chapman
1888 - 1970
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 534
Robert Axelrod
1943 - Present
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 535
Ernst Leonard Lindelöf
1870 - 1946
HPI: 50.16
Rank: 536
Bhāskara I
600 - 680
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 537
Boris Delaunay
1890 - 1980
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 538
Simon von Stampfer
1790 - 1864
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 539
Pingala
150 BC - Present
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 540
Harold Hotelling
1895 - 1973
HPI: 50.01
Rank: 541
Dmitri Egorov
1869 - 1931
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 542
John Cairncross
1913 - 1995
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 543
Joseph Valentin Boussinesq
1842 - 1929
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 544
August Leopold Crelle
1780 - 1855
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 545
Martin Kutta
1867 - 1944
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 546
Contemporaries
Among people born in 150 BC, Pingala ranks 34. Before her are Hortensia, Artaxias I of Iberia, Sanchuniathon, Lucius Marcius Philippus, Decimus Junius Silanus, and Quintus Marcius Rex. After her are Marcus Aurelius Cotta, Ptolemy of Cyprus, Lucius Cassius Longinus Ravilla, Lucius Opimius, Gaius Sextius Calvinus, and Publius Rupilius.
Others Born in 150 BC
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Hortensia
150 BC - Present
HPI: 51.77
Rank: 28
Artaxias I of Iberia
150 BC - 78 BC
HPI: 51.24
Rank: 29
Sanchuniathon
150 BC - 150 BC
HPI: 50.86
Rank: 30
Lucius Marcius Philippus
150 BC - Present
HPI: 50.67
Rank: 31
Decimus Junius Silanus
150 BC - Present
HPI: 50.38
Rank: 32
Quintus Marcius Rex
150 BC - Present
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 33
Pingala
150 BC - Present
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 34
Marcus Aurelius Cotta
150 BC - 100 BC
HPI: 50.00
Rank: 35
Ptolemy of Cyprus
150 BC - 100 BC
HPI: 49.95
Rank: 36
Lucius Cassius Longinus Ravilla
150 BC - 150 BC
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 37
Lucius Opimius
150 BC - Present
HPI: 49.78
Rank: 38
Gaius Sextius Calvinus
150 BC - 150 BC
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 39
Publius Rupilius
150 BC - 123 BC
HPI: 48.61
Rank: 40
