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.