Indian Epigraphy c9.t9.17

c9.t9.17

Some inscriptions engraved on copper plates are not grants. A few such records are the *yantras* of the Brāhmaṇas and Jains, engraved on copper plates of various shapes and sizes. The practice of engraving books on copper plates is also known. According to a tradition recorded by Hiuen-tsang, Kaniṣka caused the Buddhist religious texts to be engraved on copper plates.¹ There is also a story that Sāyaṇa’s commentary on the Vedas was engraved on copper plates.² Whether these traditions are genuine or not, we have actually the Tāllapākaṁvari works in Telugu engraved on many copper plates preserved at Tirupati.³