Question

Name the great Hindu King who combined in himself the qualities of Samudragupta and Ashoka?
A. Kanishka
B. Chandragupta I
C. Chandragupta II
D. Harshavardhana

Answer 1

Hint: At the point when the Imperial Gupta line finished in 538 A.D. with Kumara Gupta II, numerous areas and feudatory bosses announced their freedom, and the entire of North India was separated into various autonomous states. Among them, the significant ones were the Later Guptas governing over the Malwa area, the Maukharis administering over the regions related to the present Uttar Pradesh, the Maitrakas who were controlling over Saurashtra, and the Vardhanas managing over Thaneshwar. It was Harshavardhana having a place with the Vardhana line who was bound to be the last incredible Hindu leader of north India.

Complete answer:
Harsha managed over the northern pieces of India for a time of 41 years. In line with his sister, he joined the two realms of Thanesar (Kurukshetra) and Kannauj and moved his capital from Thanesar to Kannauj. Hiuen Tsang depicted that Harsha vanquished the whole nation inside the initial six years of his rule and afterward calmly administered for the following 30 years without raising a solitary arm. Ashoka had likewise associated with military exercises just in the early piece of his standard and after the battle of Kalinga, he surrendered. Like Ashoka, Harshavardhana too belittled Buddhism. Yuan Chiang states that Harshavardhana restricted creature butchers for food. Yuan Chiang further expresses that he raised a few thousand stupas on the banks of the Ganges stream, and constructed all around kept up hospices for voyagers and needy individuals on expressways across India. Strict congregations were coordinated during the two rulers such as examples:- Third Buddist committee was held in 250 B.C at Pataliputra under the support of King Ashoka and under the administration of Moggaliputta Tissa. Harsha coordinated 2 significant gatherings at Kannauj and Prayag under the administration of Yuan Chiang.
Like Samudragupta, Harshavardhana is likewise known for his military triumphs and triumphs. Both had pursued numerous wars, followed an approach of development and hostility and set up an immense realm. The Allahabad column engraving gives data about Samudragupta's victories and incredible characteristics. Also, Banabhat and Yuan Tsang have given data about Harshavardhan triumphs. Both rulers brought a large portion of north India under their influence and indicated their strength to the remote and lessened them to the degree of the primitive vassal. Harshavardhana climbed the seat of both Thanesar and Kannauj. This set him in an advantaged position for accomplishing his objectives of domain building.
Harshavardhana was a competent authority yet unquestionably no military virtuoso or an extraordinary winner.
So, the correct answer is Option D.

Note: Harshavardhana was the last and most prominent leader of the Vardhana administration. He administered between 606 A.D. to 647 A.D. He brought practically all North India under him and was depicted as the ruler of the North (Sakalauttarpathanatha). Due to his thoughts of organization and military accomplishments, some antiquarians had pronounced that as a champion and executive, as one kind of the prosperity of his subjects Harshavardhana consolidated in himself a portion of the qualities and attributes of Samudragupta and Ashoka.