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UPSC History The Gupta Empire Question Bank Gupta and Post Gupta: Hunas, Vardhanas

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    Who among the following is known as the 'Napoleon of India'?

    A) Chandragupta Maurya

    B) Samudragupta

    C) Chandragupta II

    D) Harshvardhan

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

     Samudragupta (335-375 AD) of the Gupta dynasty is known as the Napoleon of India. Historian AV Smith called him so because of his great military conquests known from the Trayag Prashat T written by his courtier and poet Harisena, who also describes him as the hero of a hundred battles.


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