Question

Which of the following languages and scripts are represented on the Allahabad Pillar due to the inscriptions of different rulers?

• A. Sanskrit in Devanagari and Persian in Nastaliq
• B. Prakrit in Brahmi and Sanskrit in Kharosthi
• C. Sanskrit in Brahmi and Persian in Nastaliq
• D. Pali in Brahmi and Arabic in Kufic

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Sanskrit in Brahmi and Persian in Nastaliq

Samudragupta’s Inscriptions A later inscription by Samudragupta on the pillar is regarded as the most significant historical record of the classical Gupta age. Written in refined Sanskrit by his court poet Harishena, it details Samudragupta’s military campaigns, political achievements, and his invasion of South India. Jahangir’s Inscriptions The pillar also bears an inscription from Mughal emperor Jahangir, engraved by his favored calligrapher, Mir Abdullah Mushkin Qalam, in Persian. This inscription overwrites parts of the much older Ashokan text.