Indian Epigraphy c11.t9.30

c11.t9.30

As to single plates, the seals were so made as to have one knob or a few of them on their back side. The plates had a projection with one or more holes, and the knob or knobs on the back of the seals had to pass through them. The back of the seals was then affixed to the projected part of the plates with a lump of molten metal which totally covered the projection. In some cases, such single plates had no projection and the holes, meant for the knobs on the back of the seal to pass through, were made on the border of the plate itself. In some multi-plate charters (e. g. the records of the Maitrakas of Valabhī),¹ the plates were strung on two rings, but the seal was soldered to only one of them.