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Samudragupta, an Uncommon card
Samudragupta was the second emperor of the Gupta Empire of ancient India.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 83
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 183
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 110,000
Ranked #640 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Samudragupta quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Samudragupta card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It suggests that he defeated several kings of northern India, and annexed their ______ into his empire.
Answer
territories. It suggests that he defeated several kings of northern India, and annexed their territories into his empire. From the Samudragupta article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Alfred North Whitehead. Alfred North Whitehead 140,000 · Samudragupta 110,000 · Jiajing Emperor 86,000 · Odrysian kingdom 59,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- As a son of the Gupta emperor Chandragupta I and the Licchavi princess Kumaradevi, he inherited the kingdom and transformed it into a vast empire through his military campaigns.
- The Allahabad Pillar inscription, a prashasti composed by his courtier Harisena, credits him with extensive military conquests.
- It suggests that he defeated several kings of northern India, and annexed their territories into his empire.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Samudragupta article was read about 110,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 83 and blocks with 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Samudragupta (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : PHGCOM, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
