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Read the following extracts carefully and answer the question that followes: Samudragupta In praise of Samudragupta This is an excerpt from the Prayaga Prashasti: He vas without an antagonist on carth, he, by the over lowing of the mulutude of (his) quali ties adorned by hundreds of good actions, has wiped off the fame of other kings with the soles of (is) feet (he is) Purusha (the Supreme Being), being the cause of the prosperity of the good and the destruction of the bad (he is) incomprehensible (he is) one whose tender heart can be capturedonly by devotion and humility, (he is) possessed many good of cmpassion,e s e gvet of many hundred- thousands of cows, (his) mind has received cereifonial initiation for the uplift of the miserable, the poor, the forlorn and the suffering, (he is) resplendent and embodied kindness to mankind:(he is) equal to (the-gods) Kubera (the god of wealth), Varuna (the god of the ocean), Inda (the god of rain.i) and Yama (the god of death).. Who wrote the above Prashasti? State the importance of Prashasti, |
Answer» Solution :The Prayaga Prashasti (also known as the "Allahabad Pillar Inscription') Sanskrit by HARISHENA. This Prashasti said that SAMUDRAGUPTA was without was composed in an antagonist on EARTH and was adorned by hundreds of good ACTIONS. | |