historical value of allahabad prasasti
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It is written in excellent Sanskrit in the form of a panegyric. It popularly called as Allahabad Prasasti in the academic circles. Historians, both ancient and modern, have considered the historical value of Allahabad Prasasti.
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The importance of the inscriptions lies in the fact that they generally offer information about personages and events of Indian history, about which nothing is known from any other source. Apart from being vital political documents, inscriptions are endowed with great cultural significance. Perhaps there is no aspect of life which is not touched upon in inscriptions. But for the Allahabad prasasti of Samudragupta, we would not have known the political conditions prevalent at that time.
This inscription gives an exhaustive account of political career of Samudragupta and the kingdoms conquered by him. Inscriptions also give glimpses regarding the social conditions of the ages to which they belong. In a Vijayanagara inscription we are told that the emperor settled the disputes between a Vaishnava Jeer and a Jaina teacher by making them agree to be friends and raise no points of dispute. In another Vijayanagara inscription there is a graphical account of how the learned scholars in all branches of sacred studies assembled and signed a document which forbade Kanyasukla and Varadakshina in any marriage arrangement and threatened punishment by the king and social exclusion from the community for parties receiving either. Special privileges like the bride and bridegroom riding a horse in procession being allowed by royal command is also gathered from inscriptions. Inscriptions also throw light on other social customs. For instance, the Brahmadesam inscription refers to the sati committed by a queen of Rajendra Chola I.
. It adores Sun God under the name Bhaskara, who is described as being worshipped ritualistically by the enlightened Brahmanas, and as the protector of mankind from mental and physical ailments. The Mandasor inscription records the repairs carried out in the year 473-74 A.D. by the guild of silk-weavers to the temple of the Sun God (Dipta-rasmi).
Another very important aspect met with in inscriptions is administration. A unique inscription of Parantaka I from Uttiramerur dated in his 12th regnal year (919 A.D.) contains a detailed account of the rules and regulations for the election to the village assemblies at Uttarameru-chaturvedimangalam. Two very early records, one from Mahasthan, Bogra district, Bangladesh and the other from Sohagaura, Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh, both assigned to 3rd century B.C. speak of the measures taken to deal with occasions of distress among the people. The Mahasthan inscription refers to situations such as the outbreak of floods, fire and drought and states that on such occasions, cash as well as surplus grains stored in the granary were distributed to the people.
Inscriptions are also endowed with high literary value. As early as the 1st century A.D. elements of Sanskrit poetry start appearing in the north Indian inscriptions. Thus we come across some ornate metres in the Mora well-inscription of the time of Mahakshatrapa Rajuvula's son Sodasa. In the Junagadh inscription of Rudradaman, dated 150 A.D., we have a clear evidence of the development of the ornate style of Sanskrit prose. The Allahabad prasasti clearly proves that the Sanskrit kavya style was fully developed by the middle of the 4th century A.D. Talagunda inscription of Kadamba Santivarman is another inscription endowed with poetic merit.
Ancient India also had cultural and trade contacts with southeast Asian countries like Java, Sumatra, Borneo, etc. A large number of inscriptions found in southeast Asian countries, which are very much akin to Indian epigraphs in respect of their language and script. One of the yupa inscriptions of Mulavarman from Kutei, Borneo refers to the setting up of a yupa at Vaprakesvara by the Brahmanas and also refers to gifts made by the king. This inscription amply proves that the Indian traditions and customs were prevalent in far flung areas.