Editing Ancient philosophy (section)

====Philosophers of Golden Age (184 BCE – 600 CE)====
*[[Aśvaghoṣa]], believed to have been the first Sanskrit dramatist, and is considered the greatest Indian poet before [[Kālidāsa]]
*[[Vātsyāyana|Vatsyana]], known for "[[Kama Sutra]]"
*[[Samantabhadra (Jain monk)|Samantabhadra]], a proponent of the Jaina doctrine of Anekantavada
*[[Isvarakrsna]]
*[[Aryadeva]], a student of Nagarjuna and contributed significantly to the Madhyamaka
*[[Dharmakirti]]
*[[Haribhadra]]
*[[Pujyapada]]
*[[Buddhaghosa]]
*[[Kamandaka]]
*[[Vaisesika Sutra|Maticandra]]
*[[Prashastapada]]
*[[Bhāviveka]]
*[[Dharmapala of Nalanda|Dharmapala]]
*[[Udyotakara]]
*[[Gaudapada]]
* [[Valluvar]] ({{circa|5th century CE}}), wrote the [[Kural text]], a Tamil-language treatise on [[morality]] and [[secular ethics]]
* [[Dignāga]] ({{circa|500}}), one of the founders of Buddhist school of [[Indian logic]]
* [[Asanga]] ({{circa|300}}), exponent of the [[Yogacara]]
* [[Bhartrihari]] ({{circa|450}}–510 CE), early figure in Indic linguistic theory
* [[Bodhidharma]] ({{circa|440}}–528 CE), founder of the [[Zen]] school of [[Buddhism]]
* [[Siddhasenadivākarasuri]] (5th century CE), Jain logician and author of important works in Sanskrit and Prakrit, such as Nyāyāvatāra (on logic) and Sanmatisūtra (dealing with the seven Jaina standpoints, knowledge and the objects of knowledge)
* [[Vasubandhu]] ({{circa|300 CE}}), one of the main founders of the Indian [[Yogacara]] school
* [[Kundakunda]] (2nd century CE), exponent of Jain mysticism and [[Anekantavada#Nayavāda|Jain nayas]] dealing with the nature of the soul and its contamination by matter, author of [[Pañcāstikāyasāra]] (Essence of the Five Existents), the [[Pravacanasāra]] (Essence of the Scripture) and the [[Samayasāra]] (Essence of the Doctrine)
* [[Nagarjuna]] ({{circa|150}} – 250 CE), the founder of the [[Madhyamaka]] (Middle Path) school of [[Mahāyāna Buddhism]]
* [[Umāsvāti]] or Umasvami (2nd century CE), author of first Jain work in Sanskrit, [[Tattvārthasūtra]], expounding the [[Jain philosophy]] in a most systematized form acceptable to all sects of Jainism
* [[Adi Shankara]] – philosopher and theologian, most renowned exponent of the [[Advaita Vedanta]] school of philosophy