Lets rock this forum again + new debate

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Lets rock this forum again everyone!!

Here's a new debate topic for you all who were eagerly waiting for one.

Debate question: Was PRC the greatest king in Indian History? If not, who was?

Analyze why or why not you believe what you do and be support your arguments...

Ok everyone....let's start the debate now!!!

love you all muchisimo!

-M Shah 😊

No PRC wasn't the greatest king of India........
He was gr8 king but bot greatest............. 😛

omg noooooooooo waaaaaaaaay first of all history is written by winners... a lot of it is not what it may seem... prithviraj chauhan was very lucky that he found an excellent friend cum court poet in chand bardai who has made his legend known....it is very innocent to think that prithviraj chauhan was the greatest king in Indias history 😲 please remember that what they are showing is not the actual story of the king.

Prithviraj chauhan cannot even be considered an emperor - he is a king... the last greatest hindu king but no way the greatest emperor of Indian history... even in Rajput history Maharana Pratap was a far greater and more successful king than Prithviraj Chauhan. But these two are not the greatest kings in Indian history if the following criteria are taken into place -> administration, extent of empire/kingdom, status of women, development/flourishment of various arts/culture/education/literacy etc

I have read a bit in Indian history in the past few years... (and no way would I consider knowing even a small percentage of it...)

but according to what i have read so far... I would say the Guptas - Samudra Gupta (chandragupta vikramaditya's father) who was responsible for entirely expanding on establishing a firm ground.. following his father's footsteps...

1. He extended an empire 5 times the size of PRC's but they had such a peaceful reign. Inspite of capturing kingdoms, he allowed the kings to rule independently hence all the minor kingdoms supported their rule (unless the kings were totally against the Guptas - then they had to be usurped)
2. women had great powers and were treated very respectfully.
3. education, art and literature was at a forefront.
4. the system of administration and taxation and inheritance was far ahead of its time.
5. art, trade and literature flourished.
6. extreme tolerance to all religions.
7. capital punishment was abolished.

people never used to lock their homes as the kingdom was so peaceful (this is not a folklore, this is from inscriptions found on pillars in various places).

the gupta kings were a perfect combination of courage + wit + nobility and hence their times were indeed the golden times of India

asoka was too brutal

chandragupta maurya was mostly led to his rule by his minister chanakya... hence his successors were not able to keep up the legacy...his rules was very successful but it was not an empire...

if anyone says that prithviraj chauhan was the greatest king in history because this is what they believe... all i would request you to do is go to a library (any city) and go through some of the books on history based on archeological evidence... and you will have a less distorted version of Indian history...😊

Originally posted by: lashy

omg noooooooooo waaaaaaaaay first of all history is written by winners... a lot of it is not what it may seem... it is very innocent to think that prithviraj chauhan was the greatest king in Indias history 😲 please remember that what they are showing is not the actual story of the king. prithviraj chauhan cannot even be considered an emperor - he is a king... the last greatest hindu king but no way the greatest emperor of Indian history...

The Guptas - they not only extended an empire 5 times the size of PRC's but they had such a peaceful reign. women had equal right to men.
education, art and literature was at a forefront.
the system of administration and taxation and inheritance was far ahead of its time.
art, trade and literature flourished.
extreme tolerance to all religions.
capital punishment was abolished.
inspite of capturing kingdoms, they allowed the kings to rule independently hence all the minor kingdoms supported their rule(unless the kings were totally against the Guptas)
people never used to lock their homes as the kingdom was so peaceful (this is not a folklore, this is from inscriptions found on pillars in various places).

the gupta kings were a perfect combination of courage + wit + nobility and hence their times were indeed the golden times of India

asoka was too brutal

chandragupta maurya was mostly led to his rule by his minister chanakya... hence his successors were not able to keep up the legacy...his rules was very successful but it was not an empire...

👏

well said dii....yaa Gupta's

Originally posted by: lashy

omg noooooooooo waaaaaaaaay first of all history is written by winners... a lot of it is not what it may seem... it is very innocent to think that prithviraj chauhan was the greatest king in Indias history 😲 please remember that what they are showing is not the actual story of the king. prithviraj chauhan cannot even be considered an emperor - he is a king... the last greatest hindu king but no way the greatest emperor of Indian history...

The Guptas - they not only extended an empire 5 times the size of PRC's but they had such a peaceful reign. women had equal right to men.
education, art and literature was at a forefront.
the system of administration and taxation and inheritance was far ahead of its time.
art, trade and literature flourished.
extreme tolerance to all religions.
capital punishment was abolished.
inspite of capturing kingdoms, they allowed the kings to rule independently hence all the minor kingdoms supported their rule(unless the kings were totally against the Guptas)
people never used to lock their homes as the kingdom was so peaceful (this is not a folklore, this is from inscriptions found on pillars in various places).

the gupta kings were a perfect combination of courage + wit + nobility and hence their times were indeed the golden times of India

asoka was too brutal

chandragupta maurya was mostly led to his rule by his minister chanakya... hence his successors were not able to keep up the legacy...his rules was very successful but it was not an empire...

Nicely said Shraddha but I want a specific ruler, not a whole dynasty....

I would not say someone else was the greatest king...but I will not participate in this thread only judge this one...thanks!

Originally posted by: lashy

omg noooooooooo waaaaaaaaay first of all history is written by winners... a lot of it is not what it may seem... prithviraj chauhan was very lucky that he found an excellent friend cum court poet in chand bardai who has made his legend known....it is very innocent to think that prithviraj chauhan was the greatest king in Indias history 😲 please remember that what they are showing is not the actual story of the king.

Prithviraj chauhan cannot even be considered an emperor - he is a king... the last greatest hindu king but no way the greatest emperor of Indian history... even in Rajput history Maharana Pratap was a far greater and more successful king than Prithviraj Chauhan. But these two are not the greatest kings in Indian history if the following criteria are taken into place -> administration, extent of empire/kingdom, status of women, development/flourishment of various arts/culture/education/literacy etc

I have read a bit in Indian history in the past few years... (and no way would I consider knowing even a small percentage of it...) but according to what i have read so far... I would say the Guptas -

1. they extended an empire 5 times the size of PRC's but they had such a peaceful reign. (if you want to singularly take one king it would have to be Samudragupta - chandragupta vikramaditra's father) inspite of capturing kingdoms, they allowed the kings to rule independently hence all the minor kingdoms supported their rule (unless the kings were totally against the Guptas - then they had to be usurped)
2. women had equal right to men.
3. education, art and literature was at a forefront.
4. the system of administration and taxation and inheritance was far ahead of its time.
5. art, trade and literature flourished.
6. extreme tolerance to all religions.
7. capital punishment was abolished.

people never used to lock their homes as the kingdom was so peaceful (this is not a folklore, this is from inscriptions found on pillars in various places).

the gupta kings were a perfect combination of courage + wit + nobility and hence their times were indeed the golden times of India

asoka was too brutal

chandragupta maurya was mostly led to his rule by his minister chanakya... hence his successors were not able to keep up the legacy...his rules was very successful but it was not an empire...

if anyone says that prithviraj chauhan was the greatest king in history because this is what they believe... all i would request you to do is go to a library (any city) and go through some of the books on history based on archeological evidence... and you will have a less distorted version of Indian history...😊

👏vry v well said

i betta not say nyfin lol i duno much bout kingz of india 😆

yep Gupta's the best..........GOLDEN PERIOD in Indian History 😛 😛 😛

Don't give me dynasties....only individual kings in indian history please.

Nicely said Shraddha but I want a specific ruler, not a whole dynasty....

I would not say someone else was the greatest king...but I will not participate in this thread only judge this one...thanks!

mansi i have edited my post to include the name of the king - samdura gupta.. yes its unfortunate that not many people know about him.. they are all more familiar with his son chandragupta vikramaditya... CGV was more responsible for maintaing and developing what his father built.. but it was samudra gupta who singularly did what many others never did! 😃