Vikramaditya (c.380 - c. 415 ce)

   Emperor Vikramaditya Was ideal emperor of india. He was courage patronage of scholars. He is featured in hundreds of traditional Indian legends, including those in Baitaal pachisi and singhaasan Battisi. 
         Vikramaditya was emperor of northern India. After defeating the shakas and those believe that he is based on a historical figure place him the first century BCE. This ear is identified as "Vikram Samvat" after the ninth century CE. 
       Vikramaditya's father was Gandharvasena. Her siblings was Bharthari. Vikramaditya also called Chandragupta ll. During his reign art, architecture, sculpture, flourished and the cultural development of ancient India reached its climax. 
    Chandragupta ll achived power by assassinating a weak elder brother. The king chandra Culogized in the iron pillar in the quwat allslam Mosque in Delhi. Some ofhisilver coins bear the title Vikramaditya (sun of Valour) which suggest that he was the prototype for the king Vikramaditya of later Hindu tradition. Although the emperor generally resided of Ayodhya, which he made his capital. 
      The city of patliputra, (now Patna) patronized learning among the scholars at his court were the astronomer Verahamihira and the Sanskrit poet Dramatist Kalidas. Vikramaditya was a devout Hindu, but he also tolerated the jain and Buddhist religion. 

 

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