Who is the best person in history/ancient age?

Question

The person whom we can follow and live satisfactory life.

Answer 1

The founder of great Mauryan empire- Chankya is the best person of ancient age.
Chanakya single-handedly built an empire. His shrewdness is amply clear if one reads his Artha Sashtra. Chankya was not only economist. He had to lay the foundation of administration in every area of governance of a state and he did. But most importantly, he set a unique example of detachment. The story goes like this. It was 325BC. Chnakya had succeeded in making Chandragupta Maurya the emperor. Fahien - a Chinese traveler visited India that time. Fahien went to meet Chanakya in a hut in out skirt of Patliputra (present Patna). He was shocked and surprised, so exclaimed. "The prime minister of so large a country lives in an ordinary hut!" Chanakya reply is some thing to be emulated. He said, "The country whose prime minister lives in this type of ordinary hut, its subject lives in huge buildings. The country whose prime minister lives in huge building, its subjects lives in ordinary huts."

SOME IMPORTANT QUOTES FROM CHANAKYA NEETI
chanakya Neeti(must read good)

"A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first."

"Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous."

"The biggest guru-mantra is: Never share your secrets with anybody. It will destroy you."

"There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth."

"Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions - Why am I doing it, What the results might be and Will I be successful. Only when you think deeply and find satisfactory answers to these questions, go ahead."

"As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it."
"The world's biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman."
"Once you start a working on something, don't be afraid of failure and don't abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest."
'Artha-shastra’
The great book 'Artha-shastra' written by Chanakya is world famous. Even European politicians, sociologists and economists study this book with interest.

It begins with a narration of how to bring up royal princes and how their education should be. How to choose ambassadors and how to use spies is then explained. How to protect a king against dangers and risks is also dealt with. Law and order, the duties of the police, how to control the wealthy citizens and motivate them to make gifts for charitable purposes, methods of preventing wars, duties of the astrologer, the priest and others, tricks to be employed to eliminate enemy kings, ways of inducing sleep in human beings and animals-these and numerous other subjects are discussed by Chanakya in the treatise. The wide range and variety of the subjects is itself surprising.

His sharp intellect is astonishing. According to Chanakya, the primary duty of a king is to protect "Dharma" or righteousness in society. That king who upholds righteousness and virtue will have happiness in this world and also in the next. Another significant statement made by Chanakya is that a king who uses his power improperly and unjustly also deserves to be punished.

"The sacred task of a king is to strive for the welfare of his people incessantly. The administration of the kingdom is his religious duty. His greatest gift would be to treat all as equals."

"The happiness of the commoners is the happiness of the king. Their welfare is his welfare. A king should never think of his personal interest or welfare, but should every try to find his joy in the joy of his subjects."

"These words were written two thousand and three hundred years ago by Chanakya, the expert statesman and wise sage. And Chanakya is also another name forcourage and perseverance.
Acharya Chanakya being a great socio-political scientist at the university of Takshashila, became very upset with the invasion of Alexander, but did not loose his heart. He made conferences and seminars on the burning topic in the campus : ‘Save Bharata from Invasion’. Because of his inborn genius and selfless dedication, he gained the support of the Kulapati/ Chancellor of the university to hold such meetings in private and public to mobilize the human resource to see Alexander out of the territories of Bharata and to create the Central government to make Bharata militarily a strong nation in defending the boarders of the Rashtra and for the internal peace, whenever need arises. He succeeded in his mission, through Chandragupta Maurya, his most favorite student and the Rajaniti Snataka/ political science and economics graduate of the Takshashila University. He had studied the military science as well and was appointed the Senapati Kartikeya /Commander of the Liberation force’s with the head quarters at the university of Takshashila. He succeeded in his mission , through his political wisdom, diplomatic policies and the in-depth research in the Socio-political thought of India. In spite of his best efforts, Alexander got hold of the territory of the frontiers. His Kshatraps/military commanders got hold on the land., after Alexander died during his return. He got Carnivallia- the daughter of Seleukos married to Chandragupta Maurya to make him much stronger in dealing with the Indo-Greek ties, both politically and diplomatically. This marriage took place under the treaty of ‘jus connubii’ or the rights earned by marriage. It was the diplomatic vision of Chanakya that Seleukos defeated his sworn enemy Antigonus. In return Chandragupta was given the territory of Kabul,Gandhar and Herat. Then Chandragupta annexed the Punjab and Saurashtra. He was also given the port of Patal at the sea shore. The foremost aim of Chanakya was to see a strong Bharata to flourish, after the invasion of Alexander. He succeeded in his dream, which he turned into reality.

He was an economic strategist and applied those strategies for the welfare schemes, enhancement of revenue, and application of other schemes during Chandragupta’s rule. Chanakya made Chandragupta the emperor of Magadha after deposing the Magadh King Dhananad of the Nanda dynasty. Magadha having strategically the strong base and centrally located, served the mission of Chanakya to see India free from any foreign invasion in future and to inculcate the spirit of Indian nationalism in the kings of smaller states under Chandragupta Maurya .Chanakya wanted to win Rakshasa-the faithful minister of the fallen dynasty of the Nandas, for his inclusion in the cabinet of Chandragupta. Chanakya was more interested in the cultural and political integration on the strong foundation of the socio-religious environment. That was why, he believed that Shasatra / military strength, Shastra/ scriptural attainment should be combined for the welfare of the then India. As an educationist, he felt the necessity of the interdisciplinary courses and comparative studies, which must be in the higher curriculam. He made the two hands of a Shasta/ ruler, stronger. The first component is the physical strength to combat any eventuality and the other is for intellectual analysis to live with peace for attaining progress and prosperity. A nation can forge ahead, when the internal peace prevails and can compete the challenges of the time, when the policy planners are properly trained in their respective fields. This leads in the specialization of the administrative net work ,under the capable but honest hands. Chanakya succeeded in implementing the secret agency lead by Bhagurayana and Siddharthaka faithfully. All the secret services were put to checks and cross checks. Both the Intelligence Chiefs conducted the missions in bringing political integration under the banner of Chandragupta Maurya with a feeling of’ ‘Bharata is one’.

Chanakya has been attributed with the name of Kutil-Matih Kautilya, which means that he was man with twisted brain and intellect Thus he was named as Kautilya, by the think tanks of that era. Since he was the son and student of Acharya Chanak, therefore, he was also addressed as Chanakya. Otherwise, he was Vishnugupta for his parents, friends and the Gurukula community including all the official documents of the time. Beyond doubt, he was an arch-diplomat. In the time of Chanakya (fourth century B.C.), Itihasa was taught to learn the lessons from history what had already taken place and happened. The Itihasa was not only history as it is assumed in today’s concept of history, but it would deal with cosmogony, cosmology and divinity; Itivritta / dynastic chronicles and events of the past from the Ramayana and the Mahabharata era; Akhayika/ historical narrations and anecdotes; Udharana/ illustrative stories; Dharma Shastra / enforcement of law and legal codes and Artha Shastra/ political economy. Being the Adhishthhata/Dean and Acharya/Professor of the faculty of Politacal and Economic Thought of the Brihaspati and Shukra Niti at the Takshashila, he was himself talented in the hisory,criminology, law and legal institutions along with the theory and applied economics. Only his quotations have been saved so far in these 3350years He was the chief architect of the foundation of the Maurya administration, every page of Indian Itihasa/ history says so. He is known to the western world, the Indologists and the students of the comparative political thought either as Chanakya or Kautilya, because of his great contribution towards -a treatise on the Political economy. Artha Shastra (Economics)
Really he was founder of our past.

Answer 2

Guru Nanak

Gautam Buddha

Lord Mahavir

Mahatma Gandhi

Answer 3

There are 3 main people in the world's history

Alexander the great
Ashoka the great
Akbar the great

In these 3 important kings I think that Ashoka is the one who should be idol and always be follwed by everyone.

In his early life he was very, very cruel. But after Kalinga war, he became so kind that he did not ordered his troops to kill anybody or anything. He stopped being unpleasant. He would have sacrificed his life for religion.

After taking the Buddhism he sent his own son and daughter to Sri-Lanka to spread Buddhism. This represents that for the welfare of the world he would sacrifice his happiness.

And as a token of his kindness and bravery, our Indial has choosen Ashoka Chakra(Dharma Chakra) in our National Flag. And the National Emblem is also borrowed by him.

He was not sent by God like 'Jesus Christ' to ensure peace. He was sent like us and did ensure peace in that time where you would have to search peace in torch light.

Answer 4

I doubt there will ever be a distinct the best of all person, if u want to follow then follow their thought patterns, their emotions, their mentalities, and act on them in ur own way, every great person is distinct in his way from the other great person, but their attitudes are similar, but thier style depends on thier life experience and personal desires, so follow a hero, v all must, but track his mentality , understand him and dont just say and do things as he has done just to ape him

Answer 5

MAHATMA GANDHI. No second thought about it in my mind. If you follow Gandhi’s philosophies , you would be a free soul without any burden or guilt to your face. The life becomes so simple there will be no complications. You just have to follow a simple rule – be truthful and do the right. Its so simple. There is nothing which is as simple as following this, and to everyone’s surprise, there is nothing which is as peaceful as this. Your mind and soul will never have a war of guilt , you would be a peaceful and happy soul.

Answer 6

according to me he is King Akbar.he was a great king of ancient india because he was an intelligent,brave and forgiving person .he had many more qualities except these

Answer 7

I THINK THAT DRUPADI WAS THE BEST PERSON OF ANCIENT AGE BECUASE SHE AS A PERSON WHO HAS READ EACH PART OF MAHABHARATA WOULD KNOW THAT SHE IS A SWAROOP OF KALI MATA AND EVEN THEN SUFFERED A LOT AND TRIUMPH AND GLORY CAME TO HER ONLY AFTER HER HUSBANDS KILLED THE KAURAVAS

Answer 8

Karna in Mahabharata. Sacrificing for everyone.

Answer 9

Gud question....
It is Mahatma Gandhi and add Little bit facilities to it...

Answer 10

Democritus
Plato
Aristotle

There are too many to name.

Answer 11

no one because all life fundaas is deffirent to other