Comment on the Prayag Prashasti.

1.	Comment on the Prayag Prashasti.
Answer» The famous poet Harisena lived in Samudragupta’s court. He described Samudragupta’s victorious compaigns in ‘Prayag Prashati’ inscriptions. This inscription is written on the same pillar on which Ashoka’s inscription is written. This is located in Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh. This is an important historical source of the Gupta period. In ‘Prayag Prashasti’, Samudragupta has been described as ‘Kaviraj’, Shaming Guru Tumbru and Narada in singing and musical ability, donor of lakhs of cows, scholar of superior quality, preserver of knowledge and rampart of religion.

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The famous poet Harisena lived in Samudragupta’s court. He described Samudragupta’s victorious compaigns in ‘Prayag Prashati’ inscriptions. This inscription is written on the same pillar on which Ashoka’s inscription is written. This is located in Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh.

This is an important historical source of the Gupta period. In ‘Prayag Prashasti’, Samudragupta has been described as ‘Kaviraj’, Shaming Guru Tumbru and Narada in singing and musical ability, donor of lakhs of cows, scholar of superior quality, preserver of knowledge and rampart of religion.

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