Which of the following is referred to as the ‘Napoleon’ of India?

• A. Chandragupta – I
• B. Samudragupta
• C. Skandagupta
• D. Maharaja Ghatotkacha

Answer: (B)

The historian V. A. Smith has called Samudragupta the ‘Napoleon’ of India because of his policy of war and conquest. He started with the conquest of his immediate neighbours and then by campaigns to the east and the south.