the ledger of connections
The Connections of Gautama Buddha
Founder of Buddhism whose teachings on suffering and liberation endure worldwide Every person recorded alongside Gautama Buddha in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Gautama Buddha in the ledgers of the archive.
- Parents
- Śuddhodana, Maya
- Spouses
- Yaśodharā
- Children
- Rāhula
- Siblings
- Sundarānanda, Sundari Nanda
- Teachers
- Alara Kalama, Mah maudgalyana
- Students
- Kṣemā, Bimbisara, Gyalpo Dawa Zangpo, Sharibu, Maitreya-nātha, Gawo, Lobpön Magakpa, Küngawo, Drachompa Nyewa Khor, Mah maudgalyana
- Influenced by
- Dīpankara Buddha
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 563 BCE to 483 BCE.
Ancient era
Confucius
552 BCE – 479 BCE
Chinese philosopher whose ethics shaped East Asian civilization for 2,500 years
Ancient era
Laozi
604 BCE – c. 500 BCE
6th-century BC semi-legendary Chinese philosopher, founder of Taoism
Ancient era
Zoroaster
628 BCE – 551 BCE
Founder of Zoroastrianism
Ancient era
Nebuchadnezzar II
642 BCE – 561 BCE
King of Babylon
Ancient era
Cyrus the Great
600 BCE – 530 BCE
Founder of the Achaemenid Empire (559–529 BC)
Ancient era
Darius I
550 BCE – 486 BCE
The fourth and greatest Achaemenid emperor (522–486 BC)
Ancient era
Xerxes I
519 BCE – 465 BCE
Fifth Achaemenid emperor (486–465 BC)
Ancient era
Themistocles
524 BCE – 459 BCE
Athenian politician and general (c. 524–459 BC)
Ancient era
Pericles
494 BCE – 429 BCE
Athenian statesman, orator and general (c. 495 – 429 BC)
Ancient era
Herodotus
484 BCE – 425 BCE
Greek historian and geographer (c.484–c.425 BC)
Ancient era
Thales of Miletus
c. 650 BCE – 548 BCE
Ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician
Ancient era
Pythagoras
c. 550 BCE – c. 490 BCE
Greek mathematician and mystic of number and harmony