Acharya Pingala

Acharya Pingala was an ancient Indian scholar, poet, grammarian and mathematician whose master work Chandaḥśāstra, also called the Pingala Sutras, is the foundational text of Chandas —one of the six Vedāngas of traditional Indian scholarship.

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Who was born first?

• Acharya Pingala and Zeno of Sidon were born the same year
• Acharya Pingala was born 5 years before Sima Qian
• Acharya Pingala was born 10 years after Theodosius of Bithynia
• Acharya Pingala was born 15 years before Posidonius
• Acharya Pingala was born 40 years after Seleucus of Seleucia

Timeline

1. Seleucus of Seleucia190s BC – 2nd century BC
2. Theodosius of Bithyniacirca 160 BC – circa 90 BC
3. Acharya Pingala (this page)150 BC–AD 67
4. Zeno of Sidon150 BC – circa 70 BC
5. Sima Qian145–86 BC
6. Posidonius135–51 BC

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