what were the policies of samudragupta towards the four different rulers as described by harshena
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Harisena, the court poet of Samudragupta has mentioned the four different rulers in the prashasti. Samudragupta’s policy toward them is as follows:
The rulers of Aryavarta (Kanauj, Pataliputra, Prayaga, Mathura and Nalanda) were some nine rulers. These kingdoms were made part of Samudragupta’s empire.
The rulers of Dakshinapatha were twelve rulers. These rulers were defeated by Samudragupta and then allowed to rule their kingdoms.
The neighbouring states such as Assam, coastal Bengal, Nepal and a number of gana sanghas brought tribute, followed his order and attended his court.
The rulers of north-west and the ruler of Sri Lanka submitted to him and offered daughters for marriage.
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Samudragupta was a great warrior of the Gupta dynasty. He won several battles.
• In a prashasti Harishena describes four different kinds of rulers and tells us about
Samudragupta’s policies towards them.
• The rulers of Aryavarta: There were altogether nine rulers of Aryavarta. All of them
were uprooted and their kingdoms were made a part of Samudragupta’s empire.
• The ruler of Dakshinapatha. There were twelve rulers of Dakshinapatha. All of
them were defeated by Samudragupta. These defeated rulers surrendered to
Samudragupta. But Samudragupta showed leniency. He allowed them to rule
again.
• The inner circle of neighbouring states. The rulers of these states including Assam,
Coastal Bengal, Nepal and a number of gana Sangha in the northwest brought
tribute to Samudragupta. They also followed his orders and attended his court.
• The rulers of outlying areas. They were perhaps the descendants of the Kushanas
and Shakas and the ruler of Sri Lanka. They submitted to Samudragupta and
offered daughters in marriage.
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