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We get the information regarding the rule of Samudra Gupta from an inscription engraved on a pillar at Allahabad. Harishena , the court poet of Samudra Gupta, recorded the matter of this inscription. The inscription of Harishena tells the stories of Samudra Gupta's rule and his conquests. The coins of Samudra Gupta are the other useful sources to tell us about his days.