Comment on Samudragupta’s conquests.

1.	Comment on Samudragupta’s conquests.
Answer» Samudragupta initially carried out a military campaign in Aryavarta or the GangaYamuna plains, which was completed in two stages. He defeated nine kings – Rudradeva, Matil, Nagadatta, Chandravarman, Ganapati, Naga, Nagasen, Achyut, Nandi and Balvarma and annexed their territories. He defeated 12 kingdoms in the south but later freed them under the treaty of sovereignty over enemy territory and Moksha. He also defeated the Attavikas of central India and made them his vassals. Hence he conquered a large part of India and unified it under one rule.

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Samudragupta initially carried out a military campaign in Aryavarta or the GangaYamuna plains, which was completed in two stages. He defeated nine kings – Rudradeva, Matil, Nagadatta, Chandravarman, Ganapati, Naga, Nagasen, Achyut, Nandi and Balvarma and annexed their territories.

He defeated 12 kingdoms in the south but later freed them under the treaty of sovereignty over enemy territory and Moksha. He also defeated the Attavikas of central India and made them his vassals. Hence he conquered a large part of India and unified it under one rule.

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