Who Was Alive

Were Abu Nuwas and Ādi Shankara alive at the same time?

Yes. Abu Nuwas and Ādi Shankara were alive at the same time, from c. AD 788 to AD 814.

Abu Nuwas

8th-century classical Arabic poet

Born AD 753–762 · died AD 814

Ādi Shankara

An Indian philosopher and theologian who consolidated the doctrine of Advaita Vedanta and revitalized Sanskrit scholasticism.

Born c. AD 788 · died AD 817–823

  1. Du Fu
  2. Jabir ibn Hayyan
  3. Charlemagne
  4. Abu Nuwas
  5. Harun al-Rashid
  6. Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
  7. Ādi Shankara
Abu Nuwas and Ādi Shankara in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.