Indian Epigraphy c11.t1.17

c11.t1.17

The Mitākṣarā, a medieval commentary on the Yājñavalkyasmṛti by Vijñāneśvara, also furnishes some valuable information regarding the preparation of royal charters. According to this work, the passage ‘on cloth or copper-plate’ and the word ‘date’ in the original should be explained respectively as ‘on cotton cloth, copper plate or copper tablet’ and ‘the expired year of the Śaka kings and the [regnal] year [of the donor], the solar and lunar eclipses, etc.’