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Lal Ded (Lalleshwari)
Saint / religious leader
c. 1320 – c. 1392
Kashmiri mystic poet of the vakhs.
Their world
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Rulers of the time
Kujula Kadphises
Emperor, Kushan Empire · c. 30 CE – c. 80 CE
Vima Taktu
Emperor, Kushan Empire · c. 80 CE – c. 95 CE
Kanishka I
Emperor, Kushan Empire · c. 127 CE – c. 150 CE
Vasishthiputra Pulumavi
King, Satavahana Empire · c. 130 CE – c. 159 CE
Huvishka
Emperor, Kushan Empire · c. 150 CE – c. 190 CE
Yajna Sri Satakarni
King, Satavahana Empire · c. 170 CE – c. 199 CE
Vasudeva I
Emperor, Kushan Empire · c. 190 CE – c. 230 CE
Sri Gupta
Maharaja, Gupta Empire · c. 240 CE – c. 280 CE
Mahasena
King, Anuradhapura Kingdom · c. 274 CE – c. 301 CE
Ghatotkacha
Maharaja, Gupta Empire · c. 280 CE – c. 319 CE
Chandragupta I
Maharajadhiraja, Gupta Empire · c. 319 CE – c. 335 CE
Samudragupta
Maharajadhiraja, Gupta Empire · c. 335 CE – c. 375 CE
Chandragupta II (Vikramaditya)
Maharajadhiraja, Gupta Empire · c. 375 CE – c. 415 CE
Kumaragupta I
Maharajadhiraja, Gupta Empire · c. 415 CE – c. 455 CE
Skandagupta
Maharajadhiraja, Gupta Empire · c. 455 CE – c. 467 CE
Dhatusena
King, Anuradhapura Kingdom · c. 455 CE – c. 473 CE
Budhagupta
Maharajadhiraja, Gupta Empire · c. 477 CE – c. 495 CE
Kashyapa I
King, Anuradhapura Kingdom · c. 477 CE – c. 495 CE
Pulakeshin I
King, Chalukyas of Badami · c. 543 CE – c. 566 CE
Kirtivarman I
King, Chalukyas of Badami · c. 566 CE – c. 597 CE
Simhavishnu
King, Pallava Dynasty · c. 575 CE – c. 600 CE
Prabhakaravardhana
King, Pushyabhuti (Vardhana) Dynasty · c. 580 CE – c. 605 CE
Mangalesha
King, Chalukyas of Badami · c. 597 CE – c. 609 CE
Mahendravarman I
King, Pallava Dynasty · c. 600 CE – c. 630 CE
Events in their lifetime
| 1320 | Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq founds the Tughlaq dynasty |
| 1323 | Fall of the Kakatiyas Warangal was annexed and the Kakatiya dynasty ended. |
| 1327 | Capital shifted to Daulatabad The move caused great hardship and was reversed within a few years. |
| c. 1329 | Muhammad bin Tughlaq issues token currency Widespread forgery forced the coins to be withdrawn. |
| 1334 | Ibn Battuta arrives in Delhi |
| 1336 | Vijayanagara founded |
| 1343 | Ibn Battuta serves as qadi in the Maldives |
| 1347 | Bahmani Sultanate founded |
| 1351 | Firuz Shah Tughlaq becomes sultan |
| 1352 | Ilyas Shah unifies Bengal |
| 1378 | Vijayanagara annexes the Madurai Sultanate Kumara Kampana's campaign ended the Madurai Sultanate. |
| 1382 | Jayasthiti Malla's reforms in Nepal |
Contemporaries
Sorted by how long their lives overlapped. The bar shows when, within Lal Ded (Lalleshwari)’s life.
Vidyaranya
Saint / religious leader · active c. 1340
Sage traditionally linked to the founding of Vijayanagara
Overlap: 50 years
Ibn Battuta
Traveller / envoy · c. 1304 – c. 1369
Moroccan traveller who served as qadi of Delhi under Muhammad bin Tughlaq
Overlap: 49 years
Ziauddin Barani
Scholar / historian · c. 1285 – c. 1357
Historian who wrote the Tarikh-i-Firoz Shahi
Overlap: 37 years
Namdev
Saint / religious leader · c. 1270 – c. 1350
Marathi saint of the Varkari tradition
Overlap: 30 years
Nund Rishi (Sheikh Nooruddin)
Saint / religious leader · 1377 – 1438
Kashmiri Sufi saint of the Rishi order
Overlap: 15 years
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