Indian Epigraphy c11.t1.24

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c11.t1.24

Metallic plates or tablets, especially of copper, are known to have been used in India for writing documents since very early times. The Sohgaura (Gorakhpur District, U.P.) inscription¹ of the 3rd century B. C. which is written on a bronze tablet, the Taxila copper-plate inscription² (21 A.D.) of Patika and the Kalawan (near Taxila) copper plate inscription³ of 77 A. D. are some of the early instances of this practice.⁴ But these are not copper-plate charters of the proper type described above.

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