Napoleon of India

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Napoleon of India is an honorific epithet given to the Gupta emperor Samudragupta, highlighting his exceptional military conquests and strategic prowess in expanding his empire across much of the Indian subcontinent.

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instanceOf honorific epithet
appliedBy Vincent Arthur Smith
associatedWithPeriod Gupta Empire
associatedWithRegion Indian subcontinent
category epithets of Indian rulers
historical honorifics
comparesTo Napoleon Bonaparte
connotation extensive territorial expansion
successful military campaigns
describes military conquests of Samudragupta
military genius of Samudragupta
strategic prowess of Samudragupta
hasNotableBearer Samudragupta
historicalContext classical age of India
language English
refersTo Samudragupta
subjectOf Indian history textbooks
scholarly works on Gupta Empire
usedFor Samudragupta
usedIn modern historiography of ancient India

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Samudragupta title Napoleon of India