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Chandragupta II

400 - 500

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Chandragupta II (r.c. 375-415), also known by his title Vikramaditya, as well as Chandragupta Vikramaditya, was the third ruler of the Gupta Empire in India. Chandragupta continued the expansionist policy of his father Samudragupta, mainly through military conquest. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chandragupta II has received more than 1,394,873 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Chandragupta II is the 2,602nd most popular politician (up from 3,430th in 2019), the 92nd most popular biography from India (up from 103rd in 2019) and the 26th most popular Indian Politician.

Chandragupta II is most famous for uniting the Indian subcontinent and establishing the Gupta dynasty.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Chandragupta II ranks 2,602 out of 15,577Before him are Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar, Günter Schabowski, Dương Văn Minh, Magnentius, Felipe González, and Raymond of Poitiers. After him are Ramsay MacDonald, Grand Duke George Alexandrovich of Russia, Amenemhat IV, Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf, Abdur Rahman Khan, and Abd al-Rahman ibn Abd Allah al-Ghafiqi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 400, Chandragupta II ranks 13Before him are Olybrius, Alexius of Rome, Vasubandhu, Ermanaric, Yazdegerd I, and Constantine III. After him are Fritigern, Antipope Ursicinus, Uldin, Aspar, Marcomer, and Shapur III. Among people deceased in 500, Chandragupta II ranks 2Before him is Vātsyāyana. After him are Nonnus, Zu Chongzhi, Buddhaghosa, Charaton, Hesychius of Alexandria, Rutilius Claudius Namatianus, Anthemius, Asclepigenia, Faustus of Byzantium, and Aedesia.

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In India

Among people born in India, Chandragupta II ranks 92 out of 1,493Before him are Tukaram (1608), Sarojini Naidu (1879), Nathuram Godse (1910), Gerald Durrell (1925), Mahākāśyapa (-550), and Satyendra Nath Bose (1894). After him are Vishvamitra (-2000), Guru Gobind Singh (1666), Varāhamihira (505), Ramanuja (1017), Maharana Pratap (1540), and Razia Sultana (1205).

Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Chandragupta II ranks 26Before him are Samudragupta (335), Rajendra Prasad (1884), Rajiv Gandhi (1944), Bahadur Shah Zafar (1775), Ajatashatru (-500), and Sher Shah Suri (1486). After him are Vishvamitra (-2000), Maharana Pratap (1540), Razia Sultana (1205), Bindusara (-320), Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924), and Dadabhai Naoroji (1825).