Ādi Śaṅkara
c. 788 CE – 820 CElived
Kalady, Chera country
- Advaita Vedānta
Argued that the self and the ultimate reality are not merely related but identical, and that the world's plurality is a misreading. Systematised Advaita and toured India debating rivals into the ground.
Known for
- non-dualism
- māyā
- brahman is ātman
Dates are estimates. A great deal of what this atlas covers is only datable to within a century.