Who was the Greatest Emperor in South Asian History?

[nana41]

Ranjeet Sing was by no means a "EMPROR",he was nothing more than succesful Daku of punjab in and around punjab.the real empror is BABA NANAK,who created a nation called sikh and left them with acountry called khalistan.

 

[Dushmann]

Ranjeet Sing was by no means a "EMPROR",he was nothing more than succesful Daku of punjab in and around punjab.the real empror is BABA NANAK,who created a nation called sikh and left them with acountry called khalistan.

Ok let us create Khalistan with Lahore as capital. It can be a bridge between India and Afghanistan.

 

[aakash_2410]

Discussions about the greatest emperors of South Asia is quite relative and the circumstances in the subcontinent haven't been consistent.

For example, Akbar the great didn't face the same problems as faced by Chandragupta Maurya who had to ESTABLISH the empire. Nor, Chandragupta Maurya faced the same problems as Akbar who had to deal with Rajput kings' uprising.

This is not an absolute comparison. Better way would be to compare the Empires rather than Emperors based on what their subjects' achieved and how were they doing economically, socially compared to rest of the world.

 

[A1Kaid]

Chandragupta Maurya is over glorified in Indian history textbooks and schools hence mass number of the Indians on this forum who have swamped us voted for him. In my opinion, I really don't know if there is a greatest emperor of South Asia there are candidates, but it's hard to say which is the all time greatest emperor of the region.

 

[Bang Galore]

Aurangzeb arrived in the South in 1986 and to the best my knowledge never spent much time in his Capital since then.

I do know that travel wasn't exactly quick those days but that long.....?

 

[naveen mishra]

Srivijaya (also written Sri Vijaya, Indonesian: Sriwijaya, Thai: ศรีวิชัย or Ṣ̄rī wichạy , RTGS: Siwichai) was a powerful ancient thalassocratic Malay empire based on the island of Sumatra, modern day Indonesia, which influenced much of Southeast Asia.[1] Srivijaya was an important centre for Buddhist expansion in the 8th to 12th centuries. In Sanskrit, sri (श्र&#2368 means "fortunate", "prosperous", or "happy" and vijaya (विज&#2351 means "victorious" or "excellence".[2]
The earliest evidence of its existence dates from the 7th century; a Chinese monk, Yijing, wrote that he visited Srivijaya in 671 for 6 months.[3][4] The first inscription in which the name Srivijaya appears also dates from the 7th century, namely the Kedukan Bukit Inscription around Palembang in Sumatra, dated 16 June 682.[5] Between late 7th to early 11th century Srivijaya rose to become hegemon in Southeast Asia, involved in close interactions — often rivalries — with neighboring Java, Kambuja and Champa. Srivijaya's main foreign interest was nurturing lucrative trading rights with China spanned from Tang to Song era. Srivijaya also had religious, cultural and trading links with the Buddhist Pala Empire of Bengal, also having relations with Islamic Caliphate in the Middle East. The kingdom ceased to exist in the 13th century due to various factors, including the expansion of the Javanese Majapahit empire.[1]
After Srivijaya fell, it was largely forgotten and historians had not even considered that a large united kingdom could have been present in Southeast Asia. The existence of Srivijaya was only formally suspected in 1918, when French historian George Coedès of the École française d'Extrême-Orient postulated its existence.[2] The aerial photograph taken in 1984 revealed the remnants of man-made ancient canals, moats, ponds, and artificial islands in Karanganyar site in Palembang suggested the location as Srivijaya urban center. Several artifacts such as fragments of inscription, Buddhist statues, beads, pottery and Chinese ceramics were found, confirming that the area was once a dense human habitation.[6] By 1993, Pierre-Yves Manguin had proven that the centre of Srivijaya was along the Musi River between Bukit Seguntang and Sabokingking (situated in what is now Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia).[2]

 

[abhinav.mehrotra]

Who was Bharat then???

I thought a king called Bharat was the first to rule entire sub-continent??? Or is that just mythology???

Also, when and why did Bharat pita become Bharat mata??? Isn't Bharat a male name???

The King Bharat ( prononunced as Bh - a - rat) was of Lunar Dynasty and is the first king ,to become digvijayi meaning one who has conquered one and all, after Lord Ram.

He conquered the entire Indian sub continent of the time. India before him was refered to as Aryavarta . After him it was known as Bharat ( prononunced as Bha - a - rat) .

I think the confusion is because of the pronounciation. Donot confuse a name of man to that of a nation. And nations are all ways female after all a man cannot give birth.

This is most certainly not a mythology. Thses evvents happened some 5000+ years back.

Ranjeet Sing was by no means a "EMPROR",he was nothing more than succesful Daku of punjab in and around punjab.the real empror is BABA NANAK,who created a nation called sikh and left them with acountry called khalistan.

Historically there is no country called Khalistan... not even in Guru Nanak's time just like there was no pakistan before 1947. Stop twisting history to your whims. A great pakistani has said and i quote " Jo kaumein tareekh ko maskh karti hain , tareekh unhe maskh kar deti hai"

 

[ghaja]

I can't believe that great rulers like Harsha(7th century), Dharmapala(8th century), Govindachandra(12th century), Bhimdev(13th century), Krishna Devaraya(16th century), Tipu Sultan(18th century), and Yashwantrao Holkar(18th century) weren't even mentioned in this poll.

 

[Mrityunjay Rai]

Samudragupt and Sherry Shah Suri..

 

[Sashan]

Srivijaya (also written Sri Vijaya, Indonesian: Sriwijaya, Thai: ศรีวิชัย or Ṣ̄rī wichạy , RTGS: Siwichai) was a powerful ancient thalassocratic Malay empire based on the island of Sumatra, modern day Indonesia, which influenced much of Southeast Asia.[1] Srivijaya was an important centre for Buddhist expansion in the 8th to 12th centuries. In Sanskrit, sri (श्र&#2368 means "fortunate", "prosperous", or "happy" and vijaya (विज&#2351 means "victorious" or "excellence".[2]
The earliest evidence of its existence dates from the 7th century; a Chinese monk, Yijing, wrote that he visited Srivijaya in 671 for 6 months.[3][4] The first inscription in which the name Srivijaya appears also dates from the 7th century, namely the Kedukan Bukit Inscription around Palembang in Sumatra, dated 16 June 682.[5] Between late 7th to early 11th century Srivijaya rose to become hegemon in Southeast Asia, involved in close interactions — often rivalries — with neighboring Java, Kambuja and Champa. Srivijaya's main foreign interest was nurturing lucrative trading rights with China spanned from Tang to Song era. Srivijaya also had religious, cultural and trading links with the Buddhist Pala Empire of Bengal, also having relations with Islamic Caliphate in the Middle East. The kingdom ceased to exist in the 13th century due to various factors, including the expansion of the Javanese Majapahit empire.[1]
After Srivijaya fell, it was largely forgotten and historians had not even considered that a large united kingdom could have been present in Southeast Asia. The existence of Srivijaya was only formally suspected in 1918, when French historian George Coedès of the École française d'Extrême-Orient postulated its existence.[2] The aerial photograph taken in 1984 revealed the remnants of man-made ancient canals, moats, ponds, and artificial islands in Karanganyar site in Palembang suggested the location as Srivijaya urban center. Several artifacts such as fragments of inscription, Buddhist statues, beads, pottery and Chinese ceramics were found, confirming that the area was once a dense human habitation.[6] By 1993, Pierre-Yves Manguin had proven that the centre of Srivijaya was along the Musi River between Bukit Seguntang and Sabokingking (situated in what is now Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia).[2]

And this is the same empire which the great Rajendra Chola defeated and ransacked the capital after coming all the way from India - a huge feat at that time but the Indian books largely ignore this fact while eulogising empires like Mughal.

 

[ghaja]

Mahadji Shinde and Tipu Sultan were the greatest rulers of India in the 18th century.
They should be mentioned in the poll.

Mahadji Shinde https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahadaji_Shinde

Tipu Sultan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipu_Sultan

 

[upriver]

Aurangzeb....the Mughal Empire was a strictly north Indian phenomenon until Aurangzeb moved south. And again, his time was the peak in prosperity of the Mughal Empire.

 

[nana41]

Ok let us create Khalistan with Lahore as capital. It can be a bridge between India and Afghanistan.

Nankana would be better.

 

[Jaanbaz]

Ashoka the Great.