The Allahabad Pillar inscription is a key source for Samudragupta's reign and provides an important example of a later ruler using an existing monumental structure from an earlier dynasty (Mauryan) for their own inscription.
Which Gupta king used the Ashokan Pillar for executing his own inscription on it ?
Asked in GPSC Prelims CSP 1 2017 · Topic: Gupta and Post-Gupta Period (Major Rulers: Chandragupta I, Samudragupta, Chandragupta II, Kumaragupta I, Skandagupta)
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