The Greatest Kings in Indian History

Who is the Greatest King in Indian History?

  • Chandragupta Maurya

    Votes: 115 33.7%
  • Ashoka

    Votes: 45 13.2%
  • Raja Chola

    Votes: 34 10.0%
  • Akbar

    Votes: 16 4.7%
  • Sri Krishna Devaraya

    Votes: 18 5.3%
  • Chatrapati Shivaji

    Votes: 58 17.0%
  • Tipu Sultan

    Votes: 9 2.6%
  • Ranjith Singh

    Votes: 10 2.9%
  • Samudra Gupta

    Votes: 11 3.2%
  • Chandragupta Vikramaditya

    Votes: 20 5.9%
  • Harsha

    Votes: 1 0.3%
  • Kanishka

    Votes: 4 1.2%

  • Total voters
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asaffronladoftherisingsun

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Skandagupta fought the Huns- it was the Xionite huns he fought and crushed in the northern frontier, though the records mention the war to be never-ending and devastating to the Gupta coffers - something we can see in numismatics, where Skandagupta onwards, the coins get debased in value.
Yes Skandagupta fought the first Huna invasion was in 455 ce .

The second Huna invasion was carried out by Toramana. Aulikara ruler Prakashadharman defeated him in 515ad.

The third Huna invasion was carried out by Mihirakula. He was defeated by Yashodharman.

This Huna emperor Mihirakula was a devout Shaivite and he bowed his head before none but Shiva.

This ruler has been described as Dharmatma.
 
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^ Yes, it was Skandagupta that inflicted a massive defeat on the Huns sometime in the period 455-460. They kept away from India for more than 40 years. Samudra Gupta( 335-375) did successfully clash with some Kushan or Saka areas.
Should note the hunas also played good role in fall of roman empire nevertheless the Guptas were at far stronger position and hence emerged victorious. Eventually the hunas became staunch Vishnu Shiva Bhaktas and Bhartiya-ized ;)

From Toramana onwards, they stopped calling themselves “alchon” on their coins.

Toramana became a Vaishnava and issued Garuda coins.

Huna empire covered all of undivided punjab of BHARAT .
 

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I for one, :), would like to see detailed descriptions of the economic condition of the people and state/kingdom, including how trade and commerce were carried out, under kings like Amoghavarsha, Samudragupta, Skandagupta, Harsha, Nagabhata, Dharmapala and Prithviraj Chauhan. What was the level of economic well being under these and other monarchs? Was it higher under some of these dynasties, and to what degree. The image of the post Gupta, post Harsh era in India, is one of internecine warfare. But there must have been trade, and things produced.
 
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Should note the hunas also played good role in fall of roman empire nevertheless the Guptas were at far stronger position and hence emerged victorious. Eventually the hunas became staunch Vishnu Shiva Bhaktas and Bhartiya-ized ;)

From Toramana onwards, they stopped calling themselves “alchon” on their coins.

Toramana became a Vaishnava and issued Garuda coins.

Huna empire covered all of undivided punjab of BHARAT .
sad thing is, Toramana and Mihirkula are the reason Pataliputra &Takshashila are in ruins and while they did convert to hinduism from exclusive sun worship, they did bring with them the savageries of central asian culture and its typical genocidal, slaver mentality.
 

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Devanampriya piyadassi is a title used in the brahmi inscriptions, which translates to 'one who's name is favourite of the gods, one who is their(gods) favourite servant/one who the gods love to see'.
 

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sad thing is, Toramana and Mihirkula are the reason Pataliputra &Takshashila are in ruins and while they did convert to hinduism from exclusive sun worship, they did bring with them the savageries of central asian culture and its typical genocidal, slaver mentality.
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Sanskrit words used in Ashoka's Girnar fourth rock edict.

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Stupid claims of neobuddhists that Ashoka did not use Sanskrit in his edicts when the fact that Ashoka did.

Infact.

Ashoka on Sannati Stupa shown with Janeu

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Uhhh...MOST of his edicts are in Sanskrit and Ardhamagadhi, while only the ones in Afghanistan & Peshawar are also in Greek ( bilingual). What these dumb westoid-wannabe anti-nationals confuse, is that Ashokan inscriptions are not in Devanagari SCRIPT. That script didn't even exist and are all in either Brahmi or Brahmi and Kharosthi.
 

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Uhhh...MOST of his edicts are in Sanskrit and Ardhamagadhi, while only the ones in Afghanistan & Peshawar are also in Greek ( bilingual). What these dumb westoid-wannabe anti-nationals confuse, is that Ashokan inscriptions are not in Devanagari SCRIPT. That script didn't even exist and are all in either Brahmi or Brahmi and Kharosthi.
Most idiots and even ignorant passionate Indians confuse Devanagari with Sanskrit. They do not remember that Sanskrit was always a spoken language much more evolved before scripts were invented. That's why each region developed their own scripts but the oral narration was in Sanskrit.
 

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Most idiots and even ignorant passionate Indians confuse Devanagari with Sanskrit. They do not remember that Sanskrit was always a spoken language much more evolved before scripts were invented. That's why each region developed their own scripts but the oral narration was in Sanskrit.
Sanskrit is also the world's first linguistically perfected language, thanks to Panini, Patanjali and the prior sages named by Panini. Its the advancement of sanskrit that lead to the far more systematic & advanced abiguda script of India, over the more primitive alphabetic script of westoids.
This is why Indian scripts are highly phoenetic, while westoid ones are not.
because dumdum westoids didn't know of linguistics as a field till 19th century, when they translated panini
 

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Why are they naked. I mean his consort , he himself. His bodyguards all are naked .
Although his consort looks beautiful
they are dressed more or less the same as you see people dressed in the old mahabharata serial. Why dont you see how well you do wearing westoid clothing in middle of june in bihar with no pankha. For eg, in ancient india, being nearly topless for women were quite common, you still see it today in the eastern parts, where women ( generally older ones) just cover their boobs with the pallu of their sari. no blouse, no bra etc.
 

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they are dressed more or less the same as you see people dressed in the old mahabharata. Why dont you see how well you do wearing westoid clothing in middle of june in bihar with no pankha.
Iam in Maharashtra. I have pankha
And have gone to bihar in June and bihar has pankha and bijli now people dont roam like this there to be honest. Neither they did back in the day , that pic makes it look like as if a orgy is about to start .
 

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