UPSC 2016 CDS I GK Paper

Accomplished sculptor was not an attribute of Samudragupta as described in Prayag-Prashasti. Harisena was the court poet of Samudragupta, who mentioned the achievements of Samudragupta in the Prayag-Prashasti inscription (or Allahabad Pillar inscription). The inscription is an eulogy of Samudragupta and mentions about the conquests of Samudragupta and boundaries of the Gupta Empire. As per this inscription, Samudragupta defeated 9 kings in North and 12 kings in South.