Timeline of Eastern philosophers
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A wide-ranging list of philosophers from the Eastern traditions of philosophy, with special interest in Indo-Chinese philosophy.
The list stops at the year 1950, where it is presumed that philosophers fall into the broader Global category.
The most popular or noteworthy philosophers can be found in bold, and slightly less influential philosophers are in italics.
Indian Philosophers
Ancient Philosophers
Prehistory
- Rishaba - the first official religious guru of Jainism, as accredited by later followers
2500-1550 BC (Indus and Saraswati Civilizations)
- Yajnavalkya - One of the vedic sages, greatly influenced Buddhistic thought
1000-600 BC (Vedic Period)
- Parshva - a Jainist guru
600-400 BC (Buddhism and Jainism)
- Charvaka - materialism
- Gautama Buddha - founder of Buddhism
- Mahavira - heavily influenced Jainism, the founder of the religion
- Mohabiir - Jainism
321-184 BC (Mauryan Empire)
- No philosophers currently listed on record for this period
184 BC - 100 CE
100-300 CE (Cholas, Cheras, Pandavas)
- Nagarjuna - Madhyamaka Buddhism
300-550 AD (Gupta Empire)
- Bodhidharma - Zen Buddhist
600-700AD
- Candrakirti - Madhyamaka Buddhist
700-900 AD
- Adi Sankara - Vedanto school
900-1100 AD (Muslim Dominance)
- Ramanujacharya - qualified non-dualism
1100-1300 AD
- Madhavacharya - duality between soul and God
1300-1500 AD
1500-1800 AD (Mughal Empire)
- No philosophers currently listed on record for this period
Modern Indian Philosophers
1800-1900 (British Rule)
- Rabindra Nath - individualism
20th century
Chinese Philosophers
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Ancient Chinese Philosophers
551-479 BC (Zhou Dynasty)
470-400 BC
- Mozi - political and religious philosopher
400-300 BC (Warring States Period)
- Lao Zi - influenced Taoism
- Meng Tzu - political philosopher, social contract
- Gongsun Longzi
- Zhuang Zi - major Taoist philosopher
300-200 BC
200 BC - 993 AD
993-1100 AD
- Hu Yuan - revived Confucianism
- Ch'Eng Hao - established the Confucian "School of Mind"
1100-1200 AD
- Chu Hsi - great thinker of the Confucianist "School of Principle"
1200-1900 AD
- No philosophers currently listed on record for this period
Modern Chinese Philosophers
1900-1950
- Mao Zedong
- Keiji Nishitani--Zen phenomenology
See also
- Chinese Philosophy by Richard Hooker (http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/CHPHIL/CHPHIL.HTM)