Top 6 Greatest Kings History in India.

Here are top known greatest kings in India...
King is the title given to a male monarch in a variety of contexts. Year wise listing of some great kings here who sacrifice lot for their kingdoms and made great history.
     
     Kanishka - 

coins of kanishka kingdom

     Kanishka, was an emperor of the Kushan Dynasty. was the emperor of the Kushan dynasty in the second century 127–150 CE. He is famous for his political, military and spiritual achievements and His empire extended from Turfan in the Tarim Basin to Pataliputra. His conquests and patronage of Buddhism played an important role in the development of the Silk Road, and the transmission of Mahayana Buddhism from Gandhara across the Karakoram range to China. He was patron of Buddhism and is still today considered as one of the greatest Buddhist Kings. he is great king.

     CHANDRAGUPTA MAURYA - 

chandragupta maurya's statue

     Chandragupta Maurya, founder of the Mauryan Empire and believed to be the first Emperor. Chandragupta is known as Sandrokottos and Androcottus  In Greek and Latin accounts. Under Chandragupta Maurya was the largest empire in Indian history at that time is The Mauryan Empire .  From Bangladesh to Afghanistan, the Mauryan Empire would eventually extended, and most of the Indian subcontinent get incorporate. Ashoka, Chandragupta's grandson, at that time  the Mauryan Empire would form the largest empire in Indian history at the time of Ashoka. Chandragupta having his chief advisor Chanakya. At the time of Chandragupta,  The empire built infrastructure such as  temples, mines and roads, irrigation increase to a great economy and agriculture flourishing,  internal and external trade thriving the empire built a large and trained army to help expand and protect its boundaries in kingdom.

     AKBAR - 

     Akbar, full name is Abu'l-Fath Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar, third Mughal emperor until his death from 1556 to 1605. His power, spread over the entire country because of Mughal and military, cultural, economic dominance & politics. Include nearly all of the Indian Subcontinent north of the Godavari river, Akbar gradually enlarged the Mughal Empire. He succeeded Humayun at a very young age in the third ruler of the Mughal Dynasty. He went the greatest Mughal Emperor and become one of the greatest rulers in history of India. He was a patron of art and culture and created a library of over 24 thousand volumes written in Latin, Urdu, Greek, Sanskrit, Arabic Kashmiri, and Persian staffed by many translators, scholars, artists, scribes, bookbinders, calligraphers & readers. By his son, Prince Salim, later known as Jahangir, Akbar was succeeded as emperor.

     ASHOKA - 

1st century BCE/CE relief from Sanchi, showing Ashoka on his chariot, visiting the Nagas at Ramagrama.

     Ashoka was an Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty, ruled almost all of the Indian subcontinent from 268 to 232 BC  is also known as Samraat Chakravartin which is famous for all of us, known person. From present-day Afghanistan in the west to Bangladesh in the east, Ashoka expanded Chandragupta's empire, and reigned over a realm that stretched. He spread of Buddhism and the emblem of modern India is derived from the Lion Capital of Ashoka. To Central Asia and Sri Lanka, and for establishing monuments marking several significant sites in the life of Gautama Buddha , he is remember because of this are the Ashoka pillars and edicts, For sending Buddhist monks . On name of  Ashoka's which is connection to Saraca asoca tree, or "Ashoka tree", referenced in the Ashokavadana. He is great king at that time and now a day's he is famous through movies serials and stories.

Imaginary painting of Ashoka drawn from data in letters

     CHATRAPATI SHIVAJI RAJE BHOSALE -

original painting of Chatrapati shivaji maharaj in london

     The Shivaji Bhosale ( April 1627 or 19 February 1630 -  3 April 1680) was the founder and the greatest king of the Maratha Empire was an Indian warrior king and a member of the Bhonsle Maratha clan Hailing from the Bhosale, They created an independent Maratha kingdom with Raigad as its capital. They crowned as Chatrapati for leading the struggle against the Adilshahi sultanate of Bijapur and the Mughal Empire. They formally crowned as the chhatrapati (monarch) of his realm at Raigad  In 1674. Against the Mughals, they remembered as a great warrior and a hero who united most of India. They also known for pioneering the guerilla warfare methods using surprise for attacks against more powerful and larger enemies with geography and speed. In Course of their life, Shivaji raja engaged in both alliances and hostilities with the Sultanate of Golkonda, Sultanate of Bijapur, Mughal Empire, as well as the English, French and Portuguese. Shivaji make competent and progressive civil rule with well-structured administrative organisations which is very healthy environment for kingdom. Their military forces expanded kingdom, capturing and forming a Maratha navy, building forts and goodness. Chatrapati shivaji was world famous king.

side view picture of shivaji raje bhosale

                               

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