Vedic Period
c. 1500–c. 500 BCE
The age in northern India when the Vedas, the oldest Hindu scriptures, were composed.
- Type
- Era
- Date
- c. 1500–c. 500 BCE
- Place
- India
Who was alive during Vedic Period
- Zoroaster (By linguistic scholarship) c. 1500–c. 1430 BCE, prophet
- Thutmose III c. 1481–1425 BCE, pharaoh
- Moses (By Rabbinic chronology) 1391–1271 BCE, prophet
- Ramesses II c. 1303–1213 BCE, pharaoh
- David c. 1040–c. 970 BCE, king and prophet
- Solomon c. 990–c. 931 BCE, king
- Isaiah c. 765–c. 700 BCE, prophet
- Hesiod c. 750–c. 650 BCE, poet
- Sennacherib c. 745–681 BCE, king
- Jeremiah c. 650–c. 570 BCE, prophet
- Nebuchadnezzar II c. 642–562 BCE, king
- Solon c. 630–c. 560 BCE, statesman
- Sappho c. 630–c. 570 BCE, poet
- Zoroaster (By Zoroastrian tradition) c. 628–c. 551 BCE, prophet
- Thales of Miletus c. 624–c. 546 BCE, philosopher
- Aesop c. 620–c. 564 BCE, fabulist
- Anaximander c. 610–c. 546 BCE, philosopher
- Cyrus the Great c. 600–530 BCE, king
- Mahavira 599–527 BCE, spiritual leader
- Laozi c. 571–c. 471 BCE, philosopher
- Pythagoras c. 570–c. 495 BCE, philosopher
- Xenophanes c. 570–c. 478 BCE, philosopher
- Cleisthenes c. 570–c. 505 BCE, statesman
- Gautama Buddha c. 563–c. 483 BCE, spiritual leader