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The Allahabad Pillar Inscription, also known as Prayag Prashasti, which eulogizes the military conquests of Gupta ruler Samudragupta, was composed by his court poet:

A. Kalidasa
B. Harisena✓ Correct Answer
C. Amarasimha
D. Varahamihira

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The Allahabad Pillar Inscription, known as the Prayag Prashasti, was composed in classical Sanskrit by Harisena, the court poet and high-ranking minister of the Gupta emperor Samudragupta. Other contemporary figures like Kalidasa or Varahamihira contributed vastly to classical literature and astronomy under later or slightly different Gupta monarchs. This pillar is an invaluable epigraphic source detailing Samudragupta's extensive military campaigns across the Indian subcontinent.

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