Whose body was most charming, being covered with the plenteous beauty of the marks of hundreds of scars caused by battle-axes, arrows, spikes, spears, barbed darts, swords, iron clubs, javelins, barbed arrows, long arrows and many other weapons.
What does this description tell you about the king? And also about how kings fought wars?
Answers
Samudragupta is the one described in the inscription and this description tells us that kings fought wars and though they were covered with scars and wounds they were the most charming
Explanation:
Answer:
Samudragupta
Explanation:
Samudragupta was a famous ruler of a the Gupta dynasty. We know about Samudragupta from a long inscription, inscribed on the Ashokan pillar at Allahabad. Harishena composed it as a Kavya, who was a poet and a minister at the court of Samudragupta. This inscription is of a special kind known as a prashasti, a Sanskrit word, meaning ‘in praise of’. While prashastis were composed for some of the rulers such as Gautamiputra Shri Satakarni, they became far more known and important from the time of the Guptas. In the inscription the poet has praised the king in glowing terms — as a warrior, as a king who won victories in battle, who was learned, and the best of poets. He is also described as equal to the gods. The prashasti was composed in very long sentences.