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Which Gupta ruler has the maximum number of inscriptions?

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Kumaragupta I is commonly credited in examination literature with the largest number of known inscriptions among Gupta rulers, reflecting his long reign and wide administration. This question belongs to the Gupta and post-Gupta phase, a period reconstructed through inscriptions, coins, monuments, literary works, scientific texts and accounts of foreign travellers. A reliable answer must connect the named ruler, author, work, institution, title or event with the correct chronology and source. 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.

ASkandagupta
BKumaragupta I
CSamudragupta
DChandragupta II
Correct Answer: Kumaragupta IYour Answer: B

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Correct answer: Kumaragupta I. Kumaragupta I is commonly credited in examination literature with the largest number of known inscriptions among Gupta rulers, reflecting his long reign and wide administration. Skandagupta, Samudragupta and Chandragupta II all issued important records, but the conventional numerical comparison favours Kumaragupta I. The incorrect choices are plausible only at a broad level; each belongs to a different author, ruler, monument, office, text or historical phase.

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