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MPSC Rajyaseva 2018 GS Paper 1 — Question 92

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खालील विधानावरून व्यक्ती ओळखा : अ. विशाल साम्राज्याचा संस्थापक. ब. सुसंस्कृत, विद्वान आणि कवी. क. प्रसिद्ध कवि हरिसेन हा त्याचा राजकवी होता व बौद्धपंडीत वसुबंधू त्याच्या दरबारात होता. ड. 'भारतीय नेपोलियन' अशी विन्सेंट स्मिथ त्याची प्रशंसा करतात. Identify the person from the following description : a. Founder of a great empire. b. Cultured, scholar and a poet. c. The famous poet Harisena was his court poet and Buddhist scholar Vasubandhu was in his court. d. Vincent Smith praises him as the 'Indian Napoleon'.

(a)विशाल साम्राज्याचा संस्थापक. / Founder of a great empire.

(b)सुसंस्कृत, विद्वान आणि कवी. / Cultured, scholar and a poet.

(c)प्रसिद्ध कवि हरिसेन हा त्याचा राजकवी होता व बौद्धपंडीत वसुबंधू त्याच्या दरबारात होता. / The famous poet Harisena was his court poet and Buddhist scholar Vasubandhu was in his court.

(d)'भारतीय नेपोलियन' अशी विन्सेंट स्मिथ त्याची प्रशंसा करतात. / Vincent Smith praises him as the 'Indian Napoleon'.

1)हरिसेन / Harisena
2)कनिष्क / Kanishka
3)समुद्रगुप्त / Samudragupta✓ Correct
4)चंद्रगुप्त मौर्य / Chandragupta Maurya

Samudragupta was a great conqueror and founder of imperial Gupta expansion, a scholar and poet (often called Kaviraja), patronized Harisena and Vasubandhu, and was famously described as the 'Indian Napoleon' by historian Vincent Smith.

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