Biographical dossier

Ānanda

Ānanda is classified in the historical people index as RELIGIOUS FIGURE. This dossier preserves the indexed life dates and geographic anchors while explicitly marking what the source does not supply.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:person:person:wd:Q28988
Catalogue ID
person:wd:Q28988
Wikidata ID
Q28988
Occupation class
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
Life span
600 BC–500 BC
Birth anchor
India (600 BC)
Death anchor
Rohni River (500 BC)
HPI
80.22019533912221

Chronological record

The dataset places the life between 600 BC and 500 BC. These indexed dates are identity and chronology fields, not a substitute for a critical biography.

Geographic anchors

Birth: India (600 BC). Death: Rohni River (500 BC).

Country keys are dataset keys and must not be mistaken for the historical boundaries that existed during the person’s lifetime.

Historical role

The source assigns the broad occupation class RELIGIOUS FIGURE. It does not by itself establish doctrine, sanctity, political legitimacy, responsibility for every event associated with the person, or the exact scope of an office.

Source and identity method

Source: PANTHEON_2_2020. Identity method: pantheon_wikidata_qid. Language-edition measure: 10.516304179787179.

Research questions

  1. Which primary sources are contemporary with this person?
  2. Which office, community or institution gives the person historical agency?
  3. How do later confessional, national or ideological narratives reshape the record?
  4. Which places on the atlas are genuine life anchors and which are later reception sites?