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  1. The title ‘Indian Napolean’ has been attached to
    1. Chandra Gupta Maurya
    2. Samudragupta
    3. Chandragupta-I
    4. Harshavardhana
Correct Option: B

Samudragupta (335-375 AD) of the Gupta dynasty is known as the Napoleon of India. Historian A V Smith called him so because of his great military conquests known from the ‘Prayag Prashati’ written by his courtier and poet Harisena, who also describes him as the hero of a hundred battles. But some leading Indian historians criticise Smith and feel that Samudragupta was a far greater warrior than Napoleon, as the former never lost any battle.



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