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Indian Epigraphy c11.t9.32

Indian Epigraphy c11.t9.32

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c11.t9.32

We may describe here a few of the royal seals affixed to the copper-plate grants by way of illustration. Thus the seal of the Sasanakota plates shows only the figure of an elephant, standing, facing the proper left, and there is no legend.² As it is a multi-plate record, the seal is affixed to the ring holding the plates together. The seal of the rulers of some families, on the other hand, bears a legend without any emblem. Thus seals affixed to the charters of Vākāṭaka Pravarasena II has for its legend the following stanza in Anuṣṭubh: