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| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Buddha's 4 sacred sites | Born: Lumbini; Enlightenment: Bodh Gaya; First sermon: Sarnath; Death: Kushinagar |
| 4 Buddhist Councils | 483 BCE (Rajgriha), 383 BCE (Vaishali), 250 BCE (Pataliputra/Ashoka), c.100 CE (Kashmir/Kanishka) |
| Hinayana vs Mahayana split | 4th Council under Kanishka, c. 100 CE, Kundalvana, Kashmir |
| Mahavira's birth/death | c. 599–527 BCE, Kundagrama (Vaishali, Bihar) — 24th Tirthankara |
| Jain 3 Jewels | Samyak Darshana + Samyak Jnana + Samyak Charitra |
| Shankaracharya | c. 788–820 CE; Advaita Vedanta; 4 Mathas (Sringeri, Puri, Dvarka, Badrinath) |
| Ramanuja | c. 1017–1137 CE; Vishishtadvaita; influenced Sri Vaishnava tradition |
| Madhva | c. 1238–1317 CE; Dvaita — eternal distinction between God, souls, matter |
| Moinuddin Chishti | c. 1141–1236 CE; Ajmer; "Gharib Nawaz"; Chishti order in India |
| Nizamuddin Auliya | c. 1238–1325 CE; Delhi; disciple of Baba Farid; Amir Khusrau's master |
| Kabir | c. 1440–1518 CE; Nirguna Bhakti; weaver; Bijak + Adi Granth compositions |
| Tulsidas | 1532–1623 CE; Ramcharitmanas (Awadhi), 1574–77; 7 books, 10,902 lines |
| Mirabai | c. 1498–1547 CE; Merta, Rajasthan; Krishna devotion; Rajasthani-Brajbhasha bhajans |
| Guru Nanak | 1469–1539 CE; Sikhism founder; Ek Onkar; Adi Granth compiled 1604 by Guru Arjan Dev |
| Nayanmars/Alvars | 63 Nayanmars (Tevaram); 12 Alvars (Nalayira Divya Prabandham) — Tamil Nadu, 6th–9th c. |