DescriptionAllahabad stone pillar inscription of Samudragupta.jpg
English: Allahabad stone pillar inscription of Samudragupta, 5th century CE
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Non creative photograph of the flat portion of an inscription, a 2-dimensional public domain work of art dating to the 5th century CE, India. Specific components were removed (legend) in conformity with PD-Art guidelines.
The original photograph is from Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol. 3 by Fleet, John Faithfull (1847 – 21 February 1917), publication date 1888 [2].
Author
Inscription by Harisena, court poet of Gupta king Samudragupta (2nd century CE) in Gupta script. Photograph by Fleet, John Faithfull (1847 – 21 February 1917).
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