John Gunther, the American author, heaped praise on the king. Pundit Madan Mohan Malaviya described the maharaja as " dharmic" (virtuous in conduct). Visvesvaraya) and his reign the "golden age of Mysore". He is often regarded as the "father of modern Mysore" (not to be confused with the sobriquet "maker of modern Mysore", which refers to his famous prime minister Sir M. Acknowledging the maharaja's noble and efficient kingship, Viscount John Sankey declared in 1930 at the first Round Table Conference in London, "Mysore is the best administered state in the world". Viscount Herbert Samuel compared him to Emperor Ashoka. He was a philosopher king, seen by Paul Brunton as living the ideal expressed in Plato's Republic. Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV is popularly deemed a rajarshi, or 'saintly king', a moniker with which Mahatma Gandhi revered the king in 1925 for his administrative reforms and achievements. Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV ( Kannada: ನಾಲ್ವಡಿ ಕೃಷ್ಣರಾಜ ಒಡೆಯರು 4 June 1884 – 3 August 1940) was the twenty-fourth Maharaja of Mysore, reigning from 1902 until his death in 1940. Rajarshi Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar Bahadur Soubhagyavati Maharani Lakshmivilas Sannidhana Sri Pratapa Kumaribai Devi Ammani Avaru Bangalore Palace, Bangalore, Kingdom of Mysore
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