Vikramaditya

Intro

Vikramaditya was the king of Ujjain , who was famous for his wisdom, valor and generosity. He had organized his rule over the whole of Asia. King Vikramaditya had also defeated Rome's King Julius Caesar. The history of Rome itself writes that such a strong storm arose from the sea that we could not stop and that mighty army abducted our king. The proof of their rule over Arabia comes from the page number 315 of Sayar-ul-Okul book, this book was composed by Arabic poet Jarham Kitnoi. The text is currently housed in the Maktab-i-Sultaniya, a famous library in the city of Istanbul

The name King Vikramaditya is a compound of 'vikram' and ' aditya ' meaning 'sun of might' or 'mighty like the sun'. He is also known as Vikram or Vikramarka (vikram + arka ) earth sunIs). "Emperor Vikramaditya had conquered almost the whole of Asia." At that time, his empire was spread over parts of modern China, Central Asia and South East Asia, which is the largest empire in history so far.

According to Indian tradition, Dhanvantari , Kshapanaka , Amarasimha , Shanku, Khatkarpara, Kalidasa , Vetalabhatta (or ( Betalabhatta ), Vararuchi and Varahamihira were part of Vikramaditya's court at Ujjain. The king is said to have had nine such scholars called " navaratnas ". were. Kalidas was a famous Sanskrit royal poet . Varahamihira was the chief astrologer of that era , who predicted the death of Vikramaditya's son. Vetalbhatta was a Dharmacharya . He is believed to have attributed the sixteen-verse composition "Niti-pradip" ("The lamp of conduct") to Vikramaditya

Vikram Samvat or Vikram Yuga is the ancient calendar widely used in the Hindu tradition of India and Nepal . It is said to have been started by the king after his victory over the Sakas in 56 BC