WRITER

Bharata Muni

1000 BC - 1000 BC

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Bharata (Devanagari: भरत) was a muni (sage) of ancient India. He is traditionally attributed authorship of the influential performing arts treatise Natya Shastra, which covers ancient Indian dance, poetics, dramaturgy, and music. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bharata Muni is the 1,338th most popular writer (down from 1,134th in 2019), the 212th most popular biography from India (down from 136th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Indian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Bharata Muni ranks 1,338 out of 7,302. Before him are Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, Dag Solstad, Else Lasker-Schüler, Hans Urs von Balthasar, Barbara Cartland, and Arnold van Gennep. After him are Diana Gabaldon, Nora Roberts, Joseph Mohr, Clodia Pulchra, Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, and Giovanni Verga.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1000 BC, Bharata Muni ranks 21. Before him are Shoshenq II, Zimri, Michal, Abiathar, Adad-nirari II, and Osorkon I. After him are Osorkon II, Tukulti-Ninurta II, Tiglath-Pileser II, Ashur-dan II, Takelot I, and King Gong of Zhou. Among people deceased in 1000 BC, Bharata Muni ranks 5. Before him are Queen of Sheba, Nathan, Abigail, and Ish-bosheth. After him is Maitreyi.

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    Queen of Sheba

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    1000 BC - 1000 BC

    HPI: 84.73

    Rank: 1

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    Nathan

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    1000 BC - 1000 BC

    HPI: 76.74

    Rank: 2

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    Abigail

    COMPANION

    1040 BC - 1000 BC

    HPI: 75.24

    Rank: 3

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    Ish-bosheth

    POLITICIAN

    1100 BC - 1000 BC

    HPI: 70.80

    Rank: 4

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    Bharata Muni

    WRITER

    1000 BC - 1000 BC

    HPI: 66.09

    Rank: 5

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    Maitreyi

    PHILOSOPHER

    1000 BC - 1000 BC

    HPI: 56.61

    Rank: 6

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In India

Among people born in India, Bharata Muni ranks 212 out of 1,861. Before him are Periyar E. V. Ramasamy (1879), Sabu Dastagir (1924), Sudha Murty (1950), Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (1838), Henry McMahon (1862), and V. S. Ramachandran (1951). After him are Chandrashekhar Agashe (1888), Shah Shuja (1616), Vidyapati (1352), Siraj ud-Daulah (1733), Deepak Chopra (1946), and Mumtaz (1947).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Bharata Muni ranks 26. Before him are Sarojini Naidu (1879), Tukaram (1608), Kazi Nazrul Islam (1899), Ahmed Deedat (1918), Bāṇabhaṭṭa (601), and Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (1838). After him are Vidyapati (1352), Deepak Chopra (1946), B. K. S. Iyengar (1918), Namdev (1270), Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (1820), and Mahadevi Varma (1907).

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