Vikramaditya

Vikramaditya (IAST: ) was a legendary emperor from ancient India. He is characterized as the ideal king, known for his generosity, courage, and patronage to scholars. There are hundreds of legends about Vikramaditya, including the ones in Baital Pachisi and Singhasan Battisi. Most of the legends present him as a universal ruler with his capital at Ujjain (also Pataliputra or Pratishthana in a few stories).