56th to 59th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2014

Who is called ‘the Napoleon of Ancient India’?

aChandragupta Maurya
bPushyamitra
cKanishka
dSamudragupta✓ Correct

Explanation

Historian Vincent Smith, impressed by Samudragupta’s valour and conquests, gave him the title ‘Indian Napoleon’ in his work *The Early History of India*. Samudragupta’s conquests are described in the Prayag-Prashasti. Its author was Harishena.

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