Allahabad Pillar Inscription gives a detailed account of the reign of which of the following?
Q. Allahabad Pillar Inscription gives a detailed account of the reign of which of the following?
Answer: Samudra gupta
Notes: Samudragupta court poet and minister Harisena composed the Allahabad pillar Inscription or Prayag Prasasti. The Pillar was an Asokan Pillar erected by Asoka six century before him. This Inscription is a eulogy of Samudragupta and mentions about the conquests of Samudragupta and boundaries of the Gupta Empire. As per this inscription, Samudragupta defeated 9 kings in North, 12 Kings in South, reduced all the Atavika states to vassalage.

 

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