Allahabad Pillar Inscription gives a detailed account of the reign of which king?

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Answer 1

The correct answer is Samudra Gupta.

Key Points

Samudra Gupta court poet and minister Harisena composed the Allahabad pillar Inscription or Prayag Prasasti.
The Pillar was an Asokan Pillar erected by Asoka six centuries before him.
This Inscription is a eulogy of Samudra Gupta and mentions the conquests of Samudra Gupta and the boundaries of the Gupta Empire.
As per this inscription, Samudra Gupta defeated 9 kings in the North, 12 Kings in the South, reduced all the Atavika states to vassalage.
Allahabad Prasasti, composed by Harishena, does not bear any date and for this reason, historians have presumed that it was composed probably before the Ashwamedha Yajna performed by Samudragupta.
They have opined this on the basis that there is no mention of the Ashwamedha Yajna completed by Samudragupta.
The Allahabad Prasasti was originally engraved on the Ashokan Pillar in Kausambhi near Allahabad. Later it was removed to the Allahabad fort.