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Sankardev

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Srimanta Sankardev (, Assamese pronunciation: [sɹimɔntɔ xɔŋkɔɹdɛβ]; 1449–1568) was a 15th–16th century Assamese polymath; a saint-scholar, poet, playwright, dancer, actor, musician, artist social-religious reformer and a figure of importance in the cultural and religious history of the Bhakti movement in Assam. He is credited with building on past cultural relics and devising new forms of music (Borgeet), theatrical performance (Ankia Naat, Bhaona), dance (Sattriya), literary language (Brajavali). Besides, he has left a literary oeuvre of trans-created scriptures (Bhagavat of Sankardev), poetry and theological works written in Sanskrit, Assamese and Brajavali. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sankardev has received more than 1,114,352 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Sankardev is the 1,164th most popular writer, the 144th most popular biography from India and the 24th most popular Indian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sankardev ranks 1,164 out of 7,302. Before him are Bolesław Prus, Forough Farrokhzad, Alcman, Rosalía de Castro, Aleksis Kivi, and Deepak Chopra. After him are Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Gottfried Benn, Mercè Rodoreda, Polyaenus, Bāṇabhaṭṭa, and Ugo Foscolo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1449, Sankardev ranks 3. Before him are Lorenzo de' Medici, and Aldus Manutius. After him are George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, Axayacatl, Sidonie of Poděbrady, Bona of Savoy, Catherine of Poděbrady, Mandukhai, and Margaret of Thuringia.

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In India

Among people born in India, Sankardev ranks 144 out of 1,861. Before him are Periyar E. V. Ramasamy (1879), Muhammad bin Tughluq (1290), Ghiyas ud din Balban (1200), Vidyapati (1352), Ajay Devgn (1969), and Deepak Chopra (1946). After him are Henry McMahon (1862), Bāṇabhaṭṭa (601), Vinoba Bhave (1895), Namdev (1270), Gopal Krishna Gokhale (1866), and Chandra Shekhar Azad (1906).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Sankardev ranks 24. Before him are Vātsyāyana (300), Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (1838), Kazi Nazrul Islam (1899), Bharata Muni (-1000), Vidyapati (1352), and Deepak Chopra (1946). After him are Bāṇabhaṭṭa (601), Namdev (1270), Subramania Bharati (1882), Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (1820), Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak (1551), and Mahadevi Varma (1907).

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