WRITER

Bāṇabhaṭṭa

601 - 700

Bāṇabhaṭṭa

Bāṇabhaṭṭa (Sanskrit: बाणभट्ट) was a 7th-century Sanskrit prose writer and poet from India. He was the Asthana Kavi in the court of the Emperor Harsha, during his reign at Kanyakubja. Bāna's principal works include a biography of Harsha, the Harshacharita (The Life of Harsha), and one of the world's earliest novels, Kadambari. Bāṇa died before finishing the novel and it was completed by his son Bhūṣaṇabhaṭṭa. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bāṇabhaṭṭa is the 1,275th most popular writer (down from 1,168th in 2019), the 198th most popular biography from India (down from 146th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Indian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Bāṇabhaṭṭa ranks 1,275 out of 7,302. Before him are Vinicius de Moraes, Nikolaus Lenau, Gottfried Benn, Anton Praetorius, Saint Gall, and Nathalie Sarraute. After him are Ephraim Kishon, Alfred Thayer Mahan, Ivan Gundulić, Theodor Storm, Hugo Gernsback, and Nadezhda Mandelstam.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

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Vinicius de Moraes
1913 - 1980
HPI: 66.51
Rank: 1,269
Nikolaus Lenau
1802 - 1850
HPI: 66.51
Rank: 1,270
Gottfried Benn
1886 - 1956
HPI: 66.51
Rank: 1,271
Anton Praetorius
1560 - 1613
HPI: 66.51
Rank: 1,272
Saint Gall
550 - 645
HPI: 66.51
Rank: 1,273
Nathalie Sarraute
1900 - 1999
HPI: 66.51
Rank: 1,274
Bāṇabhaṭṭa
601 - 700
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 1,275
Ephraim Kishon
1924 - 2005
HPI: 66.48
Rank: 1,276
Alfred Thayer Mahan
1840 - 1914
HPI: 66.48
Rank: 1,277
Ivan Gundulić
1589 - 1638
HPI: 66.48
Rank: 1,278
Theodor Storm
1817 - 1888
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 1,279
Hugo Gernsback
1884 - 1967
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 1,280
Nadezhda Mandelstam
1899 - 1980
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 1,281

Contemporaries

Among people born in 601, Bāṇabhaṭṭa ranks 2. Before him is Ali. After him are Go of Balhae, Qapaghan Qaghan, Julian, Count of Ceuta, Fructuosus of Braga, Rostam Farrokhzad, Ilterish Qaghan, Æthelred of Mercia, Mangsong Mangtsen, Amalberga of Maubeuge, and Peada of Mercia. Among people deceased in 700, Bāṇabhaṭṭa ranks 7. Before him are Asparuh of Bulgaria, Isaac of Nineveh, Bahira, Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah, Di Renjie, and Abdullah ibn Saba'. After him are Sebeos, Cunipert, Dymphna, Daṇḍin, Eulji Mundeok, and Sajah.

Others Born in 601

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Ali
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
601 - 661
HPI: 89.31
Rank: 1
Bāṇabhaṭṭa
WRITER
601 - 700
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 2
Go of Balhae
POLITICIAN
601 - 719
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 3
Qapaghan Qaghan
POLITICIAN
601 - 716
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 4
Julian, Count of Ceuta
MILITARY PERSONNEL
601 - 800
HPI: 64.22
Rank: 5
Fructuosus of Braga
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
601 - 665
HPI: 61.77
Rank: 6
Rostam Farrokhzad
MILITARY PERSONNEL
601 - 636
HPI: 61.72
Rank: 7
Ilterish Qaghan
POLITICIAN
601 - 693
HPI: 61.48
Rank: 8
Æthelred of Mercia
POLITICIAN
601 - 716
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 9
Mangsong Mangtsen
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
601 - 676
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 10
Amalberga of Maubeuge
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
601 - 670
HPI: 57.95
Rank: 11
Peada of Mercia
POLITICIAN
601 - 656
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 12

Others Deceased in 700

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Asparuh of Bulgaria
POLITICIAN
640 - 700
HPI: 75.36
Rank: 1
Isaac of Nineveh
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
640 - 700
HPI: 74.53
Rank: 2
Bahira
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
600 - 700
HPI: 73.25
Rank: 3
Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
637 - 700
HPI: 68.69
Rank: 4
Di Renjie
POLITICIAN
630 - 700
HPI: 68.54
Rank: 5
Abdullah ibn Saba'
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
700 - 700
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 6
Bāṇabhaṭṭa
WRITER
601 - 700
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 7
Sebeos
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
700 - 700
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 8
Cunipert
POLITICIAN
660 - 700
HPI: 64.22
Rank: 9
Dymphna
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
700 - 700
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 10
Daṇḍin
WRITER
501 - 700
HPI: 63.45
Rank: 11
Eulji Mundeok
POLITICIAN
550 - 700
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 12
Sajah
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
HPI: 62.99
Rank: 13