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Samudragupta

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Samudragupta (Gupta script: Sa-mu-dra-gu-pta, (c. 335–375 CE) was the second emperor of the Gupta Empire of ancient India, and is regarded among the greatest rulers of India. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Samudragupta has received more than 1,780,972 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Samudragupta is the 2,237th most popular politician (down from 2,036th in 2019), the 81st most popular biography from India (down from 69th in 2019) and the 24th 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 2,237 out of 19,576. Before him are Princess Margaretha, Mrs. Ambler, Alberto Fernández, Milo of Croton, Amenemhat II, Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, and René Coty. After him are Arsinoe III of Egypt, Edward Rydz-Śmigły, Karl Hermann Frank, Pang Tong, Childeric II, and Bahram V.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 335, Samudragupta ranks 3. Before him are Gregory of Nyssa, and Magnus Maximus. After him are Theon of Alexandria, Rufinus, Nicetas of Remesiana, Eunomius of Cyzicus, and Chromatius. Among people deceased in 380, Samudragupta ranks 1. After him are Aelius Donatus, Fritigern, Festus, Evagrius of Constantinople, and Pope Peter II of Alexandria.

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In India

Among people born in India, Samudragupta ranks 81 out of 1,861. Before him are Mithun Chakraborty (1950), William Makepeace Thackeray (1811), Maudgalyayana (-568), Paramahansa Yogananda (1893), Satyendra Nath Bose (1894), and Sher Shah Suri (1486). After him are Ramana Maharshi (1879), Rajendra Prasad (1884), Lawrence Durrell (1912), Nathuram Godse (1910), Pervez Musharraf (1943), and Bindusara (-320).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Samudragupta ranks 24. Before him are Harsha (590), Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924), Bahadur Shah Zafar (1775), Rajiv Gandhi (1944), Maharana Pratap (1540), and Sher Shah Suri (1486). After him are Rajendra Prasad (1884), Pervez Musharraf (1943), Bindusara (-320), Ram Nath Kovind (1945), Prithviraj Chauhan (1159), and Mohammed Nadir Shah (1883).

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