Consider the following statements regarding the lsquo Prayag Prashasti rsquo 1 It contains inscripti...........

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Consider the following statements regarding the ‘Prayag Prashasti’:

1. It contains inscriptions praising the political and military achievement of Chandra Gupta II.

2. The inscription were written by Harisena, the court poet and minister in Gupta Court.

3. The inscriptions are written in Pali language under Ashokan edict.

4. The edict contains the inscriptions of Ashoka, the Guptas and Jehangir.

Which of the above statements are incorrect?

1&3 only

2&4 only

1,3&4 only

None of the above

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Explanation:

Prayag Prashasti is attributed to the 4th century CE Gupta emperor, Samudragupta, follows immediately below the edicts of Ashoka. It is considered "the most important historical document of the classical Gupta age". It is in excellent Sanskrit, written in the more refined Gupta script (a later version of Brahmi) by the poet and minister, Harishena. The inscription is a panegyric praising Samudragupta and lists the political and military achievements of his reign including his expeditions to the south. It provides a unique snapshot of the Gupta empire and its neighbours and is the source of much of what is known of the geopolitical landscape of that era.