How great was Hemu Vikramaditya really as a military commander and conqueror?
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\>Smith described Samudragupta as "Indian Napoleon"11 we can certainly call Hemu "the Napoleon of Medieval¹2 India" as the victor of 22 battles before dying fighting as a valliant soldier at Panipat due to sheer bad luck. His triumphant march from Chunar to Dilli (Delhi) can be equated to the Italian campaign of Napoleon "He came, he saw, he conquered". 13 Like him, Hemu never saw the defeat in a battle and romped from victory to victory throughout
After reading this comparison, I’m curious about how historically impressive his campaigns actually were in the context of medieval Indian warfare