INDIAN HISTORY

HISTORY

ANCIENT INDIA

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The greatest Saka ruler of India, who was a great conqueror, is said to have gained fame by being well-versed in grammar, polity, logic, music etc. and had taken a vow not to kill men except in battle. Who was he?
A
Chastana
B
Nahapana
C
Rudrasimha
D
Rudradaman
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Nahapana was an important ruler of the Western Kshatrapas, a descendant of the Indo-Scythians, in northwestern India, was a great conqueror, was said to have gained fame by being well versed in grammar, polity, logic, music furthermore he had taken a vow not to kill men except in battle.

Detailed explanation-2: -Rudradaman I (Reign 130 AD – 150 AD) He is considered the greatest of the Saka rulers. He is from the Western Kshatrapa dynasty. He was the grandson of Chastana.

Detailed explanation-3: -Rudradaman I was a Saka ruler from the Western Kshatrapas dynasty. He was the grandson of the king Chastana.

Detailed explanation-4: -Key Points Chandragupta II(AD 380-415) He is known as Saka Conqueror as he had annexed three Satrapa kingdoms and assumed the title Sakari (destroyer of the Sakas). He defeated the Saka king Rudrasimha III thus acquiring Saurashtra and Kathiawar.

Detailed explanation-5: -Indo-Scythians (also called Indo-Sakas) were a group of nomadic Iranian peoples of Scythian origin who migrated from Central Asia southward into modern day Afghanistan, Pakistan and Northwestern India from the middle of the 2nd century BCE to the 4th century CE.

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