Multiple choice

Who among the following kings is known as the Indian Napoleon?

  1. Ashoka

  2. Vikramaditya

  3. Harsha

  4. Samudragupta

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D Correct answer
Explanation

Samudragupta is known as the 'Indian Napoleon' due to his extensive military conquests and expansion of the Gupta Empire across much of the Indian subcontinent. His conquests were documented in the Allahabad Pillar inscription by his court poet Harishena. Like Napoleon, he was a brilliant military strategist who consolidated a vast empire.