Indian Epigraphy c11.t9.1

c11.t9.1

We have seen how, in order to assure the authenticity of copper-plate grants issued by kings, royal seals were attached to them. These seals are of various kinds and shapes. They are of small, medium or big size and generally round or elliptical in shape.³ The seals of the early kings of Assam had the peculiar shape of a laddle.⁴ Some of the royal seals are shaped like a lotus.⁵