Their discoveries in medicine, surgery, astronomy, philosophy, yoga, mathematics, grammar and linguistics, besides their outstanding contribution to statecraft, pure science and research, based on acute insights and observations, are on a scale unparalleled in any epoch of history. Their accomplishments are even more striking, given the absence of any technology or instruments.
A galaxy of towering luminaries like Ved Vyasa, Patanjali, Panini, Sushruta, Charaka, Chanakya, Varahamihira, Shankaracharya, to name a few, imbued Indic civilization with such unshakeable foundations that it has withstood thousands of years of invasions by Central Asian hordes, barbaric Muslim rulers, and rapacious European colonists, unlike Egyptian, Greco-Roman and other empires which crumbled before Islamic and Christian onslaughts.
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MAHARISHIS BEFORE CHRISTIAN ERA
1. MAHARISHI AGNIVESH (1500 BCE)
2. MAHARISHI LAGADHA- Astronomer (lived during 1200 BCE)
3. MAHARISHI BAUDHAYANA- mathematician (c 800 BCE)
4. MAHARISHI AGASTYA- Philosopher (7th or 6th BCE)
5. MAHARISHI YASKA- Grammatician (7th to 5th century BCE)
6. MAHARISHI APASTAMBA- Dharma Sutra (800 BCE)
7. MAHARISHI PANINI- Grammarian (5th century BCE or 7th century BCE)
8. MAHARISHI GAUTAMA- NAYAYA DARSANA (Six century BCE)
9. MAHARISHI KAPILA- SANKHYA (Six century BCE to 3rd BCE.)
10. MAHARISHI PATANJALI-YOGA (Six century BCE to 3rd BCE.)
11. MAHARISHI (Vyasa) BADARAYANA- UTTAR MIMAMSA DARSANA (Between th BCE to 3rd BCE)
12. MAHARISHI JAIMINI- PURVA-MIMAMSA DARSANA (4th BCE)
13. MAHARISHI KANADA- Vaiseshika Darsana (between 6th -2nd century BCE)
14. MAHARISHI KATYAYANA Grammarian (Born c 6th to 3rd century BCE)
15. MAHARISHI SUSHRUTA- Surgery (4th Century BCE)
16. MAHARISHI CHANAKYA @ KAUTILYA- ARTHSHASTRA (4th Century BCE)
17. MAHARISHI JIVIKA KUMARABHATA (5th century BCE)
18. MAHARISHI PINGALA mathematician (4th century BCE)
19. MAHARISHI VISHNU SHARMA-Philosopher (300 BCE)
20. MAHARISHI SHALIHOTRA- veterinary (3rd century BCE)
21. MAHARISHI SPHUJIDVALA (YAVANESVARA)- Astrological (269 BCE)
22. MAHARISHI BHASA- Playwright (322-184 BCE)
23. MAHARISHI PATANJALI- Grammarian (190- 180 BCE)
24. MAHARISHI GUNADHYA- Writer (1st Century BCE)
UP TO 5TH CENTURY CE
25. MAHARISHI VASUMITRA- Mahavibhasha Sastra (first century CE)
26. MAHARISHI CHARAK- medicine (2nd Century CE)
27. MAHARISHI NAGARJUNA- Philosopher (2nd century CE)
28. MAHARISHI ASHVAGHOSA- Playwright (1st century CE)
29. MAHARISHI KUMARLAT: Philosopher (1st century CE)
30. MAHARISHI NAGARJUNA (Southern India) philosopher (2nd Century CE)
31. MAHARISHI ARYADEVA- Philosopher (prior to 3rd CE)
32. MAHARISHI VATSYAYANA- Philosopher (Second or third century CE)
33. Maharishi VARARUCI OF KERALA Astronomer (early 4th century CE)
34. MAHARISHI KALIDASA- Great Poet (4th Century CE)
35. MAHARISHI VARAHAMIHIRA- Astronomer (4th century CE)
36. MAHARISHI VARARUCHI- Grammarian (4th century CE)
37. MAHARISHI AMARSIMHA- Lexicographer (4th century CE)
38. MAHARISHI DHANWANTRI- (AD 375 the Physician)
39. MAHARISH KSHAPANAKA- Astrologer (AD 375)
40. MAHARISHI SHANKU- Architect (AD 375)
41. MAHARISHI VETALA BHATTA- NITI (AD 375)
42. MAHARISHI GHATAKAPARA- Kavya (AD 375)
43. MAHARISHI ARYABHATA- SURYASIDDHANTA (5th Century CE)
44. MAHARISHI PALAKAPYA- veterinary science (2nd Century to 5th Century CE)
45. MAHARISHI SHUDRAKA- Playwright (4th century CE)
46. MAHARISHI VISHAKHADATTA- drama (4th or early 5th century)
47. MAHARISHI UPAVARSHA-Philosopher (2nd Century to 5th Century CE)
48. MAHARISHI KAMANDAKA- Philosopher (Between 3rd and 5th CE)
49. MAHARISHI DIGNAGA- philosopher (480 CE to 540 CE) BETWEEN 6th CE to 10th CE)
BETWEEN 6th CE to 10th CE
50. MAHARISHI VAGBHATA- Physician (6th century CE)
51. MAHARISHI BRAHMAGUPTA- Astronomer (c 598 -670 CE)
52. MAHARISHI CHANDRAGOMIN- Scholar and poet (5th century to 6th century CE)
53. MAHARISHI VIRAHANKA Mathmatician (6th century CE)
54. MAHARISHI PRASHASTAPADA- philosopher (6th century CE)
55. MAHARISHI UDYOTAKARA- philosopher (c 7th century CE)
56. MAHARISHI BASKARACHARYA 1- Mathematician (600-680 CE)
57. MAHARISHI BANA or BANABHATTA- Classical Prose (7th Century)
58. MAHARISHI BHARAVI- poet (634 CE)
59. MAHARISHI MAGHA- Poet (c 7th century)
60. MAHARISHI BHARTRIHARI- Philosopher Poet (first half of 7th century CE)
61. MAHARISHI BHATTI- poet (7th century CE)
62. MAHARISHI LALLACHARYA- Astronomer (700 CE)
63. MAHARISHI YATIVRSABHACHARYA- Mathematician (5th century to 6th century CE)
64. MAHARISHI HARIDATTA- astronomer-mathematician (7th century CE)
65. MAHARISHI DANDIN- Literature (7th and early 8th century)
66. MAHARISHI DEVACHARYA-Astronomer (7th century CE)
67. MAHARISHI KUMARILA BHATTA- Philosopher- (8th century CE)
68. MAHARISHI MADHAVAKARA- Ayurveda (7th or 8th century CE)
69. MAHARISHI BHAVABHUTI- Sanskrit poet (first half of the eighth century)
70. MAHARISHI SRIDHARA- Mathematician (c 870-930 CE)
71. MAHARISHI SHANKARACHARYA- Established Monasteries (788-820 CE)
72. MAHARISHI DEVAL (800 to 900 CE) AND MAHARISHI MEDHATITHI (850 to 950 CE)
73. SAGE ANDAL- Poetess (8-9th Century)
74. MAHARISHI MAHAVIRA-Mathematician (810-870 CE)
75. MAHARISHI VATESVARA- Astronomer (9th century CE to 10th century CE)
76. MAHARISHI GOVINDASWAMI- Mathematical Astronomer (C. 800-850 CE) 359
77. MAHARISHI CHATURVEDA PRTHUDAKASVAMIN-grammarian (FL 850)
78. MAHARISHI MUNJALA OR MANJULA- Astronomer (FL. 932) 362
79. MAHARISHI BHATTA UTPALA-(Astronomer)- commentator (10th century CE)
80. MAHARISHI PAKSILASVAMIN VATSYAYANA- metaphysician - NYAYA
81. MAHARISHI RAJASHEKHARA- SANSKRIT POET (10th century CE)
