Averroes vs Bhaskara II
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Compare the life timelines of Averroes (1126–1198) and Bhaskara II (1114–1185) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 59 years, from 1126 to 1185.
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Averroes (1126–1198)
- — Born in Cordoba, al-Andalus Verified
- — Educated in law, medicine, and philosophy in Cordoba Verified
- — Completed the medical encyclopedia 'al-Kulliyyat' (Colliget) Verified
- — Introduced to the Almohad caliph Abu Yaqub Yusuf by Ibn Tufayl Verified
- — Appointed qadi (judge) of Seville Verified
- — Appointed qadi of Cordoba Verified
- — Appointed court physician to the Almohad caliph Verified
- — Banished to Lucena and works ordered burned Verified
- — Restored to favor and recalled to Marrakesh Verified
- — Died in Marrakesh Verified
Bhaskara II (1114–1185)
- — Born in Vijjadavida in the Western Ghats region of the Deccan Verified
- — Educated in mathematics and astronomy by his father Maheshvara Verified
- — Wrote the Lilavati, his celebrated treatise on arithmetic Verified
- — Wrote the Bijaganita, a landmark treatise on algebra Verified
- — Completed the Siddhanta Shiromani, his masterwork on mathematics and astronomy Verified
- — Became head of the astronomical observatory at Ujjain Verified
- — Wrote the Karana Kautuhala, a practical manual of astronomical calculation Verified
- — Died, probably at Ujjain Verified