Allahabad Pillar Inscription of Samudragupta 5.1 Do you know Description Image Source . The Allahabad pillar inscription was originally installed by Asoka at Kausambi. It was later on shifted to Allahabad Fort. It contains three inscriptions belonging to the time of Asoka, Samudragupta and Jahangir. The inscription was written by Harisena, son of Dhruvabhuti and a resident of Khadyatapataka. He assumed the titles like sandhivigrahika, kumaramatya and mahadanadanayaka. It was executed by mahadandanayaka Tilabhattaka. It is a royal panegyric extolling the deeds of the king. The inscription delineates a vivid description of the exploits of the king in different directions. It provides a unique description of the Gupta empire and its neighbours. It is an authentic source on the geopolitical landscape of India of the 4th century CE. 5.2 Timeline Timelines Image Description 275 to 300 CE Srigupta 300 to 319-20 CE Ghatotkacha 320 to 335 CE Chandragupta 335 to 375 CE Samudragupta Chandragupta I had started a new era 319-20 CE popularly known as Gupta era 5.3 Glossary Staring Related Term Definition Character Term A Anugraha Reinstatement, a policy that was followed by the king in course of his Daksinapatha campaign Aryavartta Roughly corresponds to north India or the land between the Himalaya and the Vindhya mountain ranges. Atavika Forest kingdoms subjugated by the king D Daksinapatha The southern trade route. It roughly corresponds to the Deccan region. Dandanayaka or It is a military designation. It refers to the Commander Mahadandanayaka in Chief. G Garuda A fantastic bird; vehicle of Visnu. This was the royal emblem of the Guptas. Grahana Subjugation K Kaviraja King of poets. Samudragupta was called as a Kaviraja in his inscription Kumaramatya Officers who were variously associated with the king, the crown prince and the revenue department. M Moksa Liberation P Paramabhattaraka The overlords in early India were often designated by this title. Prasasti A panygeric Pratyanta Frontier kingdoms S Sandhivigrahika Minister of War and peace. This was a popular designation of the ministers in the royal court of the Guptas and later ruling dynasties. 5.4 Web links Web links https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gupta_Empire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_of_the_Gupta_dynasty http://www.ancient.eu/Gupta_Empire/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allahabad_pillar http://cw.routledge.com/textbooks/9780415485432/11.asp 5.5 Bibliography Bibliography Agrawal, Asvini, Rise and Fall of the Imperial Guptas, Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, 1989. Bhandarkar, D.R., Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum, Inscriptions of the Early Gupta Kings, vol. III, (revised), Archaeological Survey of India, New Delhi, 1981. Fleet, J.F., Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum, Inscriptions of the Early Gupta Kings and Their Successors, vol. III, reprint, Indological Book House, Varanasi, 1970. Maity, S.K., The Imperial Guptas and Their Times, (c. AD 300-550), Munshiram Manoharlal, New Delhi, 1975. Singh, Upinder, A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India From the Stone Age to the 12th century , Pearson, Delhi, 2009. Sircar, D.C., Select Inscriptions bearing on Indian History and Civilization, Vol. I, Calcutta University, Calcutta, 1942. Thaplyal, K.K., The Imperial Guptas: A Political History, Aryan Books, New Delhi, 2012. Yadav, Jagdish S. and Nirmala Yadav (eds.), The Imperial Guptas: A Bibliography, Manohar, New Delhi, 1997. .