Deccan Plateau
Deccan Plateau ranks 4,061st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Aracaju, Świebodzin, and Llerena, Badajoz. Memorable people born in Deccan Plateau include Jahandar Shah, Harihara I, and Alivardi Khan. Deccan Plateau has been the birth place of many politicians, and mathematicians. Deccan Plateau is located in India.
The Deccan is a plateau extending over an area of 422,000 km2 (163,000 sq mi) and occupies the majority of the Indian peninsula. It stretches from the Satpura and Vindhya Ranges in the north to the northern fringes of Tamil Nadu in the south. It is bound by the mountain ranges of the Western Ghats and the Eastern Ghats on the sides, which separate the region from the Western and Eastern Coastal Plains respectively. It covers most of the Indian States of Maharashtra, Telangana, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh excluding the coastal regions, and minor portions of Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 200 BC and 1671, Deccan Plateau was the birth place of 4 globally memorable people, including Jahandar Shah, Harihara I, and Alivardi Khan.
People Born in Deccan Plateau
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Jahandar Shah
POLITICIAN
1661 - 1713
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 1
Harihara I
POLITICIAN
1336 - 1356
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 2
Alivardi Khan
POLITICIAN
1671 - 1756
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 3
Kātyāyana
MATHEMATICIAN
200 BC - 159 BC
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 4
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Deccan Plateau were politicians (3), and mathematicians (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Throughout history politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Deccan Plateau, including Jahandar Shah, Harihara I, and Alivardi Khan.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 0 globally memorable people born in Deccan Plateau since 1700.
