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It is a weak defence but Tipu Sultan was not atypical of a powerful Muslim ruler. With the probably solitary exception of Akbar (must also mentioned the unfortunate Dara Shikoh ), most Muslim rulers were bigots, the strong ones more so. Having said that, Tipu Sultan was a slightly more...

True that but also fair to say that both Amoghavarsha and much earlier, Asoka benefitted by coming after great conquerors who laid the foundation for the time of peace and prosperity. While the latter need not necessarily follow the former, the former was necessary to create space for the latter .

Ya, the wrong Gupta ruler was mentioned in the post I was referring to.

By any of the qualities cited by you, the greatest Emperor in Indian history would be Amoghavarsha (as mentioned by @GaudaNaresh ). A great scholar and poet himself, authoring many Sanskrit and Kannada works, his Kingdom was filled with great scholars of Sanskrit and Kannada including the great...

Huns ? Skandagupta?

Govinda III, the son of Dhruva Dharavarsha and father of Amoghavarsha, both of who are in your list was probably the most successful military warrior in Indian history and pretty much everyone in India and even the king of Sri Lanka accepted him as the militarily unmatched and unrivalled...

If military prowess is the benchmark, maybe you would like to add Govinda III of the Rashtrakutas ( son of the illustrious and equally militarily accomplished Dhruva Dharavarsha) to your list. Both father and son had stormed into North India and defeated both the Gurjara Pratiharas and the...