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Copper-plate grant
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One of the most important sources of history in the Indian subcontinent are the royal records of grants engraved on copper-plates (tamra-shasan or tamra-patra; tamra means copper in Sanskrit and several other Indian languages). Because copper does not rust or decay, they can survive virtually indefinitely.
Collections of archaeological texts from the copper-plates and rock-inscriptions have been compiled and published by the Archaeological Survey of India during the past century.
The earliest known copper-plate known as the Sohgaura copper-plate is a Maurya record that mentions famine relief efforts. It is one of the very few pre-Ashoka Brahmi inscriptions in India.[citation needed]
- Chiplun Copper-Plate Grant of Pulikeshin II (ca. 609-642 CE)
- A new copper-plate grant of Harsavardhana from the Punjab, year 8
- Vaisnavism in Upper Mahanadi Valley
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