RAKTAMĀLA COPPER-PLATE GRANT OF THE [GUPTA] ERA 180

ABSTRACT

In this article a copper-plate epigraph in Northern Gupta Brāhmī script has been deciphered and edited for the first time. It has been in the possession of Mr. Noman Nasir, a noted antiquarian from Dhaka in Bangladesh. The copper-plate comes from a village near Mahāsthān in the Bogrā district; it was purchased by Mr. Noman with a view to get it preserved and published with the help of an epigraphist. Some high resolution photographs were sent to the first author of this article for decipherment. Article is based on the deciphered content of this copper-plate which brings to light many new facts relating to the late Gupta history.

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