Indian Palaeography c13.s1.4

c13.s1.4

In contrast to the above inscription the Sohgaura (Gorakhpur district) copper plate shows an advanced technique of casting, in which the letters are in high relief. Quite naturally the writing is very stylized and some of the letters have marked angular features. The form of *ma* is very exceptional, recalling that of the optional form at Bodhgaya and of the Mysore inscriptions of Aśoka (Pl. IV*b*), but this is unique. It can be safely assigned to the earlier half of the second century B.C.