Choose the correct statements about the Prayaga Prashasti or the Allahabad Pillar Inscription:
(A) It is composed in Sanskrit.
(B) It was composed by Harishena, the court poet of Samudragupta.
(C) It describes the King as Purusha.
(D) It describes Chandragupta as the greatest King.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A), (B) and (C) only
(A) It is composed in Sanskrit. Correct. The Prayaga Prashasti (Allahabad Pillar Inscription) was composed in Sanskrit.
(B) It was composed by Harishena, the court poet of Samudragupta. Correct. Its composer was Harishena, the court poet of Samudragupta, arguably the most powerful of the Gupta rulers.
(C) It describes the King as Purusha. Correct. The excerpt calls Samudragupta “Purusha (the Supreme Being)”, the cause of the prosperity of the good and the destruction of the bad.
(D) It describes Chandragupta as the greatest King. Incorrect. The prashasti is written in praise of Samudragupta, not Chandragupta.
NCERT (2026-27): “4.2 Divine kings … 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.…”
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