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Kumaragupta I

400 - 455

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Kumaragupta I was Gupta emperor from 415 until his death in 455. A son of the Gupta king Chandragupta II and Queen Dhruvadevi, he seems to have maintained control of his inherited territory, which extended from Gujarat in the west to Bengal region in the east. Kumaragupta performed an Ashvamedha sacrifice, which was usually performed to prove imperial sovereignty, although no concrete information is available about his military achievements. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kumaragupta I has received more than 437,560 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Kumaragupta I is the 12,839th most popular politician (down from 10,012th in 2019), the 492nd most popular biography from India (down from 345th in 2019) and the 155th most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Kumaragupta I ranks 12,839 out of 19,576. Before him are PU-Sarruma, Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, Muhammad ibn Idris, Luo Ruiqing, Countess Friederike von Schlieben, and Pierre Poujade. After him are Lucius Valerius Flaccus, Fyodor Dan, Cersobleptes, Maria, wife of Leo III, Zalmay Khalilzad, and Balaji Baji Rao.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 400, Kumaragupta I ranks 70. Before him are Gundomar I, Orientius, Coelius Sedulius, Arshak II, Proterius of Alexandria, and Arsacius of Tarsus. After him are Gratian, Marcus, Severus Sanctus Endelechius, Pelagonius, Castinus, and Vibius Sequester. Among people deceased in 455, Kumaragupta I ranks 5. Before him are Valentinian III, Petronius Maximus, Justa Grata Honoria, and Arnobius the Younger.

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In India

Among people born in India, Kumaragupta I ranks 492 out of 1,861. Before him are Harish-Chandra (1923), Om Puri (1950), Arundhati Roy (1961), Kuriakose Elias Chavara (1805), Abdul Sattar Edhi (1928), and Nutan (1936). After him are Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi (1887), Balaji Baji Rao (1720), Irrfan Khan (1967), Kumar Pallana (1918), Waheeda Rehman (1938), and Keshub Chandra Sen (1838).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Kumaragupta I ranks 155. Before him are Harihara I (1336), Rajaram I (1670), Balaji Vishwanath (1662), Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV (1884), Mamata Banerjee (1955), and Sharad Pawar (1940). After him are Balaji Baji Rao (1720), Surendranath Banerjee (1848), H. D. Deve Gowda (1933), K. Sivan (1957), Meira Kumar (1945), and Durgabai Deshmukh (1909).

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