A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar c6.29

c6.29

Copper plates, however, are apt to be fabricated either to establish titles to property or from other motives. Such spurious records betray themselves in one way or other, and the expert epigraphist generally experiences little difficulty in separating the genuine from the false. An exceptionally large number of spurious copper plates have brought confusion and obscurity into the early history of the Gangas of the Mysore country.