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copper plate

Ind. Ch. 46

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Title

Indian copper charter: spurious grant of Samudragupta

Date

400 to 2000

Measurement

depth 1.1 centimetres, height 18.3 centimetres, width 20.4 centimetres

Language / script

Sanskrit (lang.) Brahmi (script)

Description

Scope and content : Charter inscribed in copper with seal, from India. Seal dating from the Gupta period, attached to plate dating from post-Gupta Period, probably a forgery.

Institution

British Library

Provenance

Not known

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