Who amongst the following organised Ashwamedha Yajna ?

Options

A. Ajatashatru
B. Ashoka
C. Samudragupta
D. Chandragupta

Answer

C

Explanation

Samudragupta (335 AD to 380 AD) succeeded his father Chandragupta I, was the greatest king of Gupta empire. Samudragupta inflamed the Gupta Empire by winning a series of battles till he was a master of northern India. Soon he conquered the kings of Vindhyan state (now in central India) and Deccan. He performed the Ashwamedha Yagna (Horse sacrifice ceremony) which is marked on some of his coins. Ashwamedha Yagna gave him the popular title of Maharajadhiraj, means the supreme king of kings.