Top 5 Greatest Kings Of India

 

1. Ashoka The Great

 

Date of birth: 340 BC
Place of Birth: Pataliputra
Reigned: c. 268 to 232 BC
Date of Death: 297 BC

Ashoka, also known as Ashoka the Great, was an Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty, who ruled almost all of the Indian subcontinent from c.268 to 232 BCE.

Ashoka promoted the spread of Buddhism across ancient Asia. Considered by many to be one of India's greatest emperors, Ashoka expanded Chandragupta's empire to reign over a realm stretching from present-day Afghanistan in the west to Bangladesh in the east. The empire's capital was Pataliputra (in Magadha, present-day Patna), with provincial capitals at Taxila and Ujjain. 

 

2. Chandragupta Maurya

 

 Date of birth: 304 BC
Place of Birth: Pataliputra
Reigned: c. 321 to 298 BC
Date of Death: 232 BC

Chandragupta Maurya was the founder of the Maurya Empire in ancient India. Born to a humble background, he was taught and counselled by the philosopher Chanakya, who had great influence in the formation of his empire. Together, Chandragupta and Chanakya built one of the largest empires on the Indian subcontinent. According to Jain sources, he later renounced his empire and became a Jain monk. Chandragupta's life and accomplishments are described in ancient Greek, Hindu, Buddhist and Jain texts, but they vary significantly.

Chandragupta Maurya is first king of Maurya Dynasty and he is also considered as the first king of India 

3. Bindusara Maurya

 

Date of birth: 320 BC
Place of Birth: Pataliputra
Reigned: c. 297 – 273 BCE
Date of Death: 273 BC 

Bindusara, also Amitraghāta (Sanskrit for "Slayer of enemies") was the second Mauryan emperor of India. He was the son of the dynasty's founder Chandragupta, and the father of its most famous ruler Ashoka. Bindusara's life is not documented as well as the lives of these two emperors: much of the information about him comes from legendary accounts written several hundred years after his death.

Bindusara consolidated the empire created by his father. The 16th century Tibetan Buddhist author Taranatha credits his administration with extensive territorial conquests in southern India, but some historians doubt the historical authenticity of this claim.

 

4. Samudragupta

 

 

Date of birth: 335 A.D.
Place of Birth: -
Reigned: 335/350 A.D. - 375 A.D.
Date of Death: 375 A.D.

 

Samudragupta was a ruler of the Gupta Empire of Ancient India. He is also known as Napoleon of India. As a son of the Gupta emperor Chandragupta I, he greatly expanded his dynasty's political power.

Death: After a long reign, Samudragupta died in 375 A.D., and was succeeded by Chandragupta II Vikramaditya.

5. Akbar

 

Date of birth: 15 October 1542
Place of Birth: Amarkot, Rajputana
Reigned: c. 1556 – 1605 BCE
Date of Death: 1605

Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar; October 1542 – 27 October 1605), popularly known as Akbar the Great, and also as Akbar I was the third Mughal emperor, who reigned from 1556 to 1605. Akbar succeeded his father, Humayun, under a regent, Bairam Khan, who helped the young emperor expand and consolidate Mughal domains in India.