Which of the following statements are correct about 'Prayaga Prashasti'?
A. It is also known as Allahabad Pillar Inscription.
B. It was composed in Persian.
C. It was prepared by Harishena.
D. Prayaga Prashasti's excerpts contain praise of Akbar.
E. It was composed in Sanskrit.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → A, C, E only
A. It is also known as Allahabad Pillar Inscription. Correct. The Prayaga Prashasti is also known as the Allahabad Pillar Inscription.
B. It was composed in Persian. Incorrect. It was composed in Sanskrit, not Persian.
C. It was prepared by Harishena. Correct. It was composed by Harishena, the court poet of Samudragupta.
D. Prayaga Prashasti’s excerpts contain praise of Akbar. Incorrect. The prashasti praises Samudragupta, arguably the most powerful of the Gupta rulers (c. fourth century CE); Akbar was a Mughal emperor of a much later age.
E. It was composed in Sanskrit. Correct. The Prayaga Prashasti was composed in Sanskrit by Harishena.
NCERT (2026-27): “4.2 Divine kings … Histories of the Gupta rulers have been reconstructed from literature, coins and inscriptions, including prashastis, composed in praise of kings in particular, and patrons in general, by poets. While historians often attempt to draw factual information from such compositions, those who composed and read them often treasured them as works of poetry rather than as accounts that were literally true. The Prayaga Prashasti (also known as the Allahabad Pillar Inscription) composed in Sanskrit by Harishena, the court poet of Samudragupta, arguably the most powerful of the Gupta rulers (c. fourth century CE), is a case in point.…” |