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Question
With reference to the sources of information about the Gupta Age, write short notes on the following:
The Allahabad Pillar Inscription
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Solution
The Allahabad Pillar Inscription is one of the most epigraphic evidence of the Imperial Gupta. Achievements of different rulers of the Gupta image are mentioned in the Allahabad Pillar Inscription. It gives a vivid description of the reign and conquest of Samudra-Gupta. Historians, both ancient and modern, have considered the historical value of the Allahabad pillar. It provides a quite impressive list of Kings and the tribal republics that were conquered by Samudragupta.
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