Aryabhata
c. 476 – 550 · 74 years · Pataliputra · Asia
Author of the Aryabhatiya, he gave a precise value of pi and proposed that the Earth rotates on its axis.
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Contemporaries around the world
Europe
- Clovis I — king of the Franks who converted and united Gaul, 10 years older
Middle East
- Justinian I — Byzantine emperor, 6 years younger
- Theodora — Byzantine empress, 24 years younger
- Khosrow I — Sasanian king of kings, 25 years younger
The world in their lifetime
- 476 Fall of the Western Roman Empire — aged 0, Europe
- c. 496 Baptism of Clovis — aged 20, Europe
- c. 500 Rise of Tiwanaku — aged 24, Americas
- c. 500 Completion of the Babylonian Talmud — aged 24, Middle East
- 529–534 Code of Justinian — aged 53, Middle East
- 536 Volcanic winter of 536 — aged 60, Europe
- 537 Hagia Sophia consecrated — aged 61, Europe
- 541–549 Plague of Justinian — aged 65, Europe