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His reign is often described as the “ Golden age of Mysuru”.
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He has been compared to the Emperor Ashoka by the English statesman Lord Samuel. He was a philosopher-king, who was seen by Paul Brunton as living the ideal expressed in Plato's Republic. On that note, I consider His highness Maharaja Sri Sri Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV as the greatest king to rule a part of Indian land. I believe a king who is an able administrator and master class policy maker should be considered equally great compared to a warrior king who got a big chunk of land under his rule. Quite often, the models of public administration and economic strategies for a prosperous kingdom, developed by a king and his cabinet ministers go largely unnoticed when we read history. The king’s success was measured by the ability he possessed to protect his kingdom and the valor and military strategy to acquire and rule bigger territories. That made sense as in those days, governance had very little intervention in a subject’s life. But most of them were considered to be the greatest of their time because of their military success and the vastness of the empire they ruled. I see a lot of answers here mentioning most of the greatest kings of all time who ruled India. Ashoka is revered not just in India, but in most parts of East & South-east Asia. He is also the the originator of many ideas that have become a part of our present culture - including the wheel in our flag and our national emblem. He is the reason for the spread of Buddhism outside India. He then had a change of heart and became a pacifist (without which he could have ruled a territory as big as Genghis Khan's). km) among Indian emperors by winning over most local kings.
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We have 9 individuals and two father-son duos (Samudragupta/Chandragupt a II and Raja Raja Chola/Rajendra Chola) who formed the most powerful force fields over the nation. I have also included the maps of their territories. I took the size of the territory won and the influence on the people & culture as the measure of the emperor's greatness. Here are the 13 great emperors of Bharat (ancient India).