Vasubandhu
c. 316 – 396 · 80 years · Purushapura (Peshawar) · Asia
Philosophy: Yogachara
With his elder brother Asanga he systematised Yogachara, the teaching that everything we perceive is a manifestation of consciousness. His Abhidharmakosha served for centuries as a textbook of Buddhist philosophy.
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Contemporaries around the world
Middle East
- Constantine the Great — Roman emperor, 44 years older
Africa
- Augustine of Hippo — theologian, bishop of Hippo, 38 years younger
- Ezana of Axum — King of Aksum, 4 years younger
- Hypatia — mathematician and philosopher, 44 years younger
- Anthony the Great — saint, father of monasticism, 65 years older
The world in their lifetime
- c. 320 Founding of the Gupta Empire — aged 4, Asia
- c. 320 Pachomius founds the first communal monastery — aged 4, Africa
- 330 Founding of Constantinople — aged 14, Europe
- c. 330 Aksum adopts Christianity — aged 14, Africa
- 365 Crete earthquake and tsunami — aged 49, Europe
- 395 Division of the Roman Empire — aged 79, Europe