Which statement is false regarding the Dashpur inscription of Kumaragupta and Bandhuvarman?

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Correct — D is the FALSE statement. The Dashpur (Mandsaur) inscription of Kumaragupta I and the local ruler Bandhuvarman — a Gupta-era record — was composed by the poet Vatsabhatti, not Bhavabhuti. Bhavabhuti was a celebrated Sanskrit playwright of a much later era (7th-8th century CE, associated with king Yashovarman of Kannauj), known for plays such as Malati-Madhava and Uttararamacharita — an entirely different person, genre and century, unconnected to this Gupta-period inscription.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) A TRUE statement, not the false one asked for — the inscription records a Surya (Sun) temple built by the guild of silk weavers who had migrated from Lata (Gujarat) to Dashapura.  (b) Per the official key this is a TRUE statement about the inscription (it is often cited as an early instance of a guild's self-promotion), so it is not the false option the question is looking for.  (c) Per the official key this is a TRUE statement about the inscription's text, so it is not the false option the question is looking for.

Concept: The Mandsaur (ancient Dashapura) stone inscription of Kumaragupta I and the local ruler Bandhuvarman, from the Gupta era, records how a guild of silk weavers migrated from Lata (in modern Gujarat) to Dashapura and, prospering there, funded the construction of a temple to the sun god (Surya). It is a key primary source on Gupta-period craft guilds, urban prosperity, and patronage by local rulers alongside the imperial Gupta line.

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