Discussion
Which of the following sources does not help to reconstruct the historicity of the Gupta King Ramagupta ?
Answer: D
The source that does not help is the Allahabad Pillar inscription of Samudragupta.
Ramagupta, said to have ruled briefly between Samudragupta and Chandragupta II, is known from three kinds of evidence. Vishakhadatta's play Devichandraguptam tells his story; the Sanjan copper plate of Amoghavarsha I alludes to a Gupta king who killed his brother and took his kingdom and wife; and the Durjanpur Jain image inscriptions from Vidisha name a Maharajadhiraja Ramagupta, which settled that such a king really existed.
Harishena's Allahabad prashasti praises Samudragupta's conquests and does not mention Ramagupta at all, so it is no help in reconstructing him.
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