APPENDIX I[edit]
The following list of great Hindus may be used by students to do research on their lives:
Great Sages: Valmiki, Vishvamitra, Vyasa, Vasishtha, Agastya, Yajnavalkya
Great Saints: Tulsidas, Meerabai, Surdas, Pipa, Dhanna, Guru Nanak, Guru Gobind Singh, Lalleshwari, Shankar Dev, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Narsi Mehta, Namadev, Jnaneshvar, Tukaram, Ekanath, Basavanna, Akka Mahadevi, Andal, Nammalvar, Appar, Jnanasambandhar, Bhadrachalam Ramadas, Kabir, Jhulelal, Satguru Shivaya Subramania Swami, Swami Chinmayananda, Swami Vivekananda, Swami Dayananda Saraswati, Swami Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Sri Aurobindo, Ramana Maharshi, Dadu, Mahamati Prannath, Mata Anandamoyi, Ramaprasad Sen, Vidyapati
Great Āchārya: Shankaracharya, Ramanujacharya, Madhvacharya, Vallabhacharya, Nimbarkacharya,
Great Kings and Queens: Rani Lakshmibai, Rani Durgavati, Rani Ahilyabai Holkar, Rana Pratap, Chhatrapati Shivaji, Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Raja Chhatrasal, Raja Krishna Deva Raya, Prithviraj Chauhan, Maharaja Vikramaditya, Harshavardhan, Lalitaditya, Chandragupta Maurya, Maharaja Janaka
Great Scientists, Physicians and Mathematicians: Bhaskara, Brahmagupta, Aryabhatta, Varahamihira, Charaka, Sushruta, Vagbhatta
Great Scholars, Politicians and Poets: Panini, Chanakya, Kalidasa, Mahatma Gandhi
Social Reformers: Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Ishvarachandra Vidyasagar, Maharshi Karve