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Samudragupta

335 - 380

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Samudragupta (Gupta script: Sa-mu-dra-gu-pta, (r. c. 335–375 CE) was the second emperor of the Gupta Empire of ancient India. A military genius and a patron of arts, he is regarded among the greatest rulers in Indian history. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Samudragupta is the 3,135th most popular politician (down from 2,237th in 2019), the 125th most popular biography from India (down from 81st in 2019) and the 48th most popular Indian Politician.

Samudragupta is most famous for his military conquests. He conquered the kingdoms of Malwa, Kalinga, and Gujarat.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Samudragupta ranks 3,135 out of 19,576. Before him are Clovis IV, Agnes of Poitou, Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony, Sophie Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Narseh, and Askia Mohammad I. After him are Va'aletoa Sualauvi II, Emperor Go-Kōmyō, Anastasio Somoza García, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Lewis Strauss, and Frederick Augustus III of Saxony.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 335, Samudragupta ranks 4. Before him are Gregory of Nyssa, Magnus Maximus, and Theon of Alexandria. After him are Nicetas of Remesiana, Rufinus, Eunomius of Cyzicus, and Chromatius. Among people deceased in 380, Samudragupta ranks 1. After him are Fritigern, Aelius Donatus, Pope Peter II of Alexandria, Festus, and Evagrius of Constantinople.

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In India

Among people born in India, Samudragupta ranks 125 out of 1,861. Before him are Satyendra Nath Bose (1894), Maharana Pratap (1540), Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri (1855), Rajendra Prasad (1884), A. R. Rahman (1966), and Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835). After him are Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888), Pete Best (1941), Ravi Shankar (1920), Zeb-un-Nissa (1638), Ghiyas ud din Balban (1200), and Abul A'la Maududi (1903).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Samudragupta ranks 48. Before him are Ram Nath Kovind (1945), Pervez Musharraf (1943), Muhammad Azam Shah (1653), Tipu Sultan (1750), Maharana Pratap (1540), and Rajendra Prasad (1884). After him are Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888), Ghiyas ud din Balban (1200), Rajendra Chola I (1000), Sambhaji (1657), Sanghamitta (-281), and Rajaraja I (947).

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