Indian Epigraphy c9.t9.5

c9.t9.5

Many North Indian royal families incised their charters on one or both sides of single copper plates while most of the royal families of South India engraved their charters on a number of plates held together by a copper ring passing through holes made in the left or upper margin of the plates. Certain West Indian royal families incised their documents on the inner side of two plates strung often on two rings. Some North Indian royal families like the Bhauma-Nārakas of Assam had their grants engraved on many plates.¹ Royal grants were sometimes engraved on peculiar objects of copper.²