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Allahabad
Prashasti:
•
It
is
also
known
as
Prayag
Prashasti.
It
is
a
pillar
inscription
of
Samudragupta
found
at
Allahabad
and
written
in
Sanskrit.
•
It
was
composed
by
Harisena.
•
It
is
one
of
the
important
epigraphic
sources
to
know
about
the
political
history
of
the
Guptas.
•
There
are
thirty-three
lines
in
total.
•
Line
22
of
the
inscription
especially
describes
the
conquests
of
Samudragupta
over
the
frontier
states.
•
Lines
13-15
of
the
inscription
refer
to
the
conquests
of
Samudragupta
in
his
first
Aryavarta
war
in
which
he
defeated
three
important
rulers
namely,
Achyuta,
Nagasena,
and
Ganapatinaga
of
the
Naga
Dynasty.
•
Lines
19-20
described
his
South
India
Campaign.
•
Line
23
refers
to
Samudragupta
violently
exterminating
a
number
of
kings
of
Aryavarta.
The
Allahabad
pillar
is
a
stambha,
containing
one
of
the
pillar
edicts
of
Ashoka,
possibly
erected
by
Ashoka,
emperor
of
the
Maurya
dynasty,
who
reigned
in
the
3rd
century
BCE,
or
it
may
have
prior
origins.
While
it
is
one
of
the
few
extant
pillars
that
carry
Ashokan
edicts,[3]
it
is
particularly
notable
for
containing
later
inscriptions
attributed
to
the
Gupta
emperor
Samudragupta
(4th
century
CE).[4]
Also
engraved
on
the
stone
are
inscriptions
by
the
Mughal
emperor
Jahangir,
from
the
17th
century.
According
to
some
scholars,
the
pillar
was
moved
from
its
original
location
and
installed
within
Akbar's
Allahabad
Fort
in
Allahabad,
Uttar
Pradesh
by
Emperor
Akbar
himself,
but
this
theory
is
disputed
by
other
scholars
who
point
out
the
absence
of
any
confirmatory
evidence
that
the
pillar
was
moved,
and
pre-Mughal
inscriptions
that
indicate
that
it
was
already
present
in
its
current
location.
As
the
fort
is
now
occupied
by
the
Indian
Army,
the
public
are
only
allowed
limited
access
to
the
premises
and
special
permission
is
required
to
view
the
pillar.
The
Allahabad
Pillar
is
a
single
shaft
of
polished
sandstone
standing
35
feet
(10.7
m)
high.
It
has
a
lower
diameter
of
35
inches
(0.9
m)
and
an
upper
diameter
of
26
inches
(0.7
m).
The
customary
lotiform
bell-shaped
capital
seen
in
the
other
Ashoka
Pillars
is
lost,
as
is
whichever
statue
mounted
it.
However
the
abacus,
adorned
by
a
"graceful
scroll
of
alternate
lotus
and
honeysuckle"
that
the
statue
must
have
rested
upon,
was
found
nearby.
Cunningham
believed
that
the
capital
must
have
been
mounted
by
a
single
lion.
The
abacus
is
almost
identical
to
the
one
found
on
the
pillar
at
Sankasya
suggesting
proximate
erection
dates.
Some
sources
from
Wikipedia.
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