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MPSC State Service 2018 · GS · Question 91 of 99

Identify the person from the following description: a. Founder of a great empire. b. Cultured, scholar and a poet. c. The famous poet Harisena was his court poet and Buddhist scholar Vasubandhu was in his court. d. Vincent Smith praises him as the ‘Indian Napoleon’.

History

  1. AHarisena
  2. BKanishka
  3. CSamudraguptaCorrect
  4. DChandragupta Maurya

Answer: C. Samudragupta

Explanation

The description (founder of an empire, scholar-poet, Harisena as court poet, 'Indian Napoleon') fits Samudragupta.

Source: MPSC Rajyaseva Prelims 2018 GS Paper I (official paper)

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