Timeline of Philosophers - India (up to Indian Independence)
| Uddālaka, Yājñavalkya, Śāṇḍilya, etc. | ca. 7th – 6th cent. BCE |
| Mahāvīra Jina | ca. 599 – 527 BCE |
| The Buddha | 566 – 486 / 480 – 400 BCE |
| Payāsi, Makkali Gosāla, Ajita Kesakambala, etc. | ca. 5th – 4th cent. BCE |
| Kauṭilya | c.370 – 283 BCE |
| Moggalaputra Tissa | ca. 240 BCE |
| "Vyāsa" | 200BCE – 200CE |
| Patañjali | ca. 150 BCE |
| Jaimini | w.250BCE – 50CE |
| Bādarāyaṇa | w.250BCE – 50CE |
| Kaṇāda / Ulūka | w.0 – 250 |
| Gautama / Akṣapāda | w.150 – 250 |
| Nāgārjuna | w.100 – 250 |
| "Manu" | w.100 – 300 |
| Āryadeva | w.180 – 280 |
| "Kundakunda" | w.200 – 400 |
| Śabara | w.200 – 400 |
| Patañjali | w.325 – 425 |
| Īśvarakṛṣṇa | ca. 400 |
| Asaṅga | ca. 340 – 420 |
| Vasubandhu | ca. 350 – 420 |
| Umāsvati | ca. 400 |
| Buddhaghosa | w. 400 – 500 |
| "Tiruvaḷḷuvar" | w. 400 – 600 |
| Vātsyāyana | ca. 450 |
| Bhartṛhari | ca. 450 |
| Dignāga | 480 – 540 |
| Praśastapāda | 530 |
| Cīttalai Cāttaṉār | w. 500 – 600 |
| Bhāviveka | ca. 500 – 570 |
| Sthiramati | ca. 500 – 570 |
| Samantabhadra | 530 – 590 |
| Candrakīrti | 600? |
| Uddyotakara | 540 – 600 |
| Kumārila Bhaṭṭa | 540 – 600 |
| Dharmakīrti | 550 – 610 |
| Prabhākara (“Guru”) | ca. 600 |
| Śāntideva | w. 690 – 790 |
| Maṇḍana Miśra | ca. 700 |
| Siddhasena Divākara | ca. 700 |
| "Bṛhaspati" (Purandara?) | w. 700 – 800 |
| Śaṅkara (-ācārya) | fl. 710 |
| Akalaṅka | c. 720 – 780 |
| Śāntarakṣita | 725 – 788 |
| Haribhadra Sūri | fl. 770 |
| Uṃveka | 730 – 790 |
| Dharmottara | 740 – 800 |
| Kamalaśīla | 740 – 795 |
| Jayarāśi | ca. 800 – 840 |
| Bhaṭṭa Udbhaṭa | ca. 850 |
| Bhaṭṭa Jayanta | fl. 880 – 890 |
| Utpaladeva | c.925 – 975 |
| Bhāsarvajña | ca. 950 |
| Vācaspati Miśra | fl. 960 |
| Anuruddha | 10th cent ? |
| Bhaṭṭa Rāmakaṇṭha | ca. 950 – 1000 |
| Śrīdhara | fl. 990 |
| Jñānaśrīmitra | ca. 975 – 1025 |
| Abhinavagupta | 950 – 1020 |
| Udayana (-ācārya) | ca. 1000 |
| Ratnakīrti | 990 – 1050 |
| Vādi Devasūri | 11th c. |
| Prabhācandra | 980 – 1065 |
| Pārthasārathi Miśra | 1050 – 1120 |
| Rāmānuja | 1017 – 1137 |
| Hemacandra | 1088 – 1173 |
| Vijñāneśvara | w. 1100 – 1200 |
| Śrīharṣa | w. 1100 – 1200 |
| Vasiṣṭha | 1200 |
| Citsukha | 1225 – 1284 |
| Madhva (-ācārya) | 1238 – 1317 |
| Veṅkaṭanātha [“Vedānta Deśika”] | 1269 – 1370 |
| Gaṅgeśa (-upādhyāya) | ca. 1325 |
| Vardhamāna | ca. 1350 |
| Mādhava Vidyāraṇya | 1297 – 1388 |
| Ceṇṇibhaṭṭa | ca. 1350 |
| Jayatīrtha | 1343 – 1388 |
| "Kapila" | w. 1300 – 1500 |
| Śaṃkara Miśra | 1430 |
| Vācaspati Miśra II | 1440 |
| Pragalbha | 1470 |
| Jayadeva/Pakṣadhara Miśra | 1470 |
| Raghunātha Śiromaṇi | ca. 1460 – 1540 |
| Vyāsatīrtha | 1460 – 1539 |
| Rūpa Gosvāmin | 1470 – 1550 |
| Jīva Gosvāmin | 1560 |
| Appayya Dīkṣita | 1520 – 1593 |
| Madhusūdana Sarasvatī | w. 1540 – 1640 |
| Vijñānabhikṣu | 1550 – 1600 |
| Bhaṭṭoji Dīkṣita | 1590? |
| Nīlakaṇṭḥa Caturdhara | ca.1600 – 1650 |
| Rāmabhadra Sārvabhauma | fl. 1610s |
| Muḥibballāh Illāhābādī | 1587 – 1648 |
| Jagadīśa Tarkālaṃkāra | fl. 1600 – 1620 |
| Mullā Maḥmūd al-Jawnpūrī | d. 1652 |
| Dārā Śikūh | 1615 – 1659 |
| Khwāja Khwurd | d. 1663 |
| Jayarāma Nyāyapañcānana | fl. 1650s |
| Gadādhara Bhaṭṭācārya | ca. 1604 – 1709 |
| Raghudeva Nyāyālaṃkāra | fl. 1650s |
| Dārā Shikūh | d. 1659 |
| Yaśovijaya Gaṇi | 1624 – 1688 |
| Muḥibballāh al-Bihārī | d. 1707 |
| Mahādeva Puṇatāmakara | fl. 1670 – 96 |
| Ḥabīb Allāh Patnah-ī | d. 1728 |
| Kamāluddīn Sihālwī | d. 1760 |
| Abd Alī Baḥr al-Ulūm | d. 1810 |
| Rāmamohana Raya | 1772 – 1833 |
| Hiralal Haldar | 1865 – 1942 |
| Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi | 1869 – 1948 |
| Krishnachandra Bhattacharyya | 1875 – 1949 |
| Ramachandra Dattatrya Ranade | 1886 – 1957 |
| Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar | 1891 – 1956 |
| Jawaharlal Nehru | 1889 – 1964 |
| Anukulchandra Mukerji | 1888 – 1968 |
| Mian Mohammed Sharif | 1893 – 1965 |
| Ghanshamdas Rattanmal Malkani | 1892 – 1977 |
| Ras Vihari Das | 1897 – 1976 |
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d. = died
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