Virasena Saba
Virasena Saba was the chief minister of the Gupta emperor Chandragupta II. He was also the foreign affairs, peace and war minister. He was the emperor's favourite minister and an accomplished poet. He is known from an Udaygiri cave undated inscription, which records the excavation of a cave temple dedicated to Shiva. He was an ardent Shaivite. Name. The first part of his name is "Vira", which means 'brave', and the second is "Sena", the whole name literally meaning 'one with a brave array'. Life. Virasena Saba was the foreign affairs, peace and war minister of the  Gupta emperor Chandragupta II, and held the office by hereditary right. He was the emperor's favourite minister and an accomplished poet. Pāṇini refers to "Senānta" names in his Astadhyayi. U.N. Roy conjectures the possibility of the composition of the Prasasti inscribed on the Meharauli Iron Pillar Inscription by Śāba alias Virasena who was an accomplished poet. It is possible that he outlived his patron and when during a Dharmayatra he revisited the spot where the lofty banner had been raised as a mark of homage to Lord Vishnu after the victory over the Vahlikas, was moved to compose and  inscribe this "Prasasti" on the Mehrauli Pillar. Udayagiri Cave Inscription of Chandragupta II (A.D. 375-414) mentions "Virasena, the child of Kotsa, the minister for peace and war under Chandragupta II, who knew the meanings of the words, and logic, and (the ways of) mankind, who was a poet and who belonged to (the city of) Pataliputra"