The most important of such religious thinkers include Buddha, Guru Nanak, and Mahavira.
Other important figures include Basava, Rabindranath Tagore, Mahatma Gandhi, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar and others Other important figures include Ali Hujwiri, the five founders of the Deobandi movement, and Akbar.
Additionally, the Imamate of the Nizari Ismaili community is based in Gujarat (although the current Agha Khan lives in Britain).
Thomas, one of the twelve disciples of Jesus, is believed to have preached and finally died in India.
A school of thought believes Jesus escaped the Roman empire to Kashmir.