The Prayag Prashasti was composed in Sanskrit by —

Harishena, Samudragupta’s court poet and high official, composed the Sanskrit Prayag Prashasti engraved on the Ashokan pillar at Prayagraj. The Gupta age is often described as a classical or golden age because of important achievements in Sanskrit literature, temple architecture, sculpture, astronomy and mathematics, but the label should not conceal regional diversity or social and political change. Ravikirti composed the Aihole inscription, Banabhatta wrote Harshacharita, and Vatsabhatti is associated with the Mandsaur inscription.