Who Was Alive

Were Chanakya and Alexander the Great alive at the same time?

Yes. Chanakya and Alexander the Great were alive at the same time for 32 years, from 356 BC to 323 BC.

Chanakya was 18 or 19 when Alexander the Great was born.

Chanakya was 51 or 52 when Alexander the Great died, aged 32.

Chanakya

Ancient Indian teacher and strategist who authored the foundational manual on political economy

Born 375 BC · died 283 BC

Alexander the Great

King of Macedonia and conqueror of Achaemenid Persia

Born 20 July 356 BC · died 10 June 323 BC, aged 32

  1. Hippocrates
  2. Diogenes of Sinope
  3. Aristotle
  4. Demosthenes
  5. Chanakya
  6. Alexander the Great
  7. Epicurus
  8. Ashoka
  9. Archimedes
Chanakya and Alexander the Great 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.