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No. 32.-SEVADI COPPER-PLATES OF THE CHAHAMANA RATNAPALA;
VIKRAMA-SAMVAT 1176. BY PANDIT RAM KARNA, JODHPUR.
These copper-plates were found at Sēvādi, a village in Bali district, Godwār province, Jodhpur State. They were brought to light in a house in this village in consequence of a heavy downpour of rain. The news of the fidd reached the Police Sub-Inspector who forwarded the plates to the Mähkmā Khas, Raj Marwār. They were thence sent to the Historic department (Tawarikh Mehkma) of the State for being deciphered and for impressions being prepared therefrom. One set of impressions has been furnished to the Ajmer Museum at the request of the Curator.19 The original plates are now in charge of the Superintendent of the Tawarikh Mēhkmá.
The plates are three in number, of which the first is inscribed on one side only. The second is written on both sides, and the third bears but three lines of writing on its inner side. The inscription is perhaps incomplete as shown by the isolated and unconnected letter ka at the end. The average breadth of the plates is 9" while the average length is 11". The edges have been slightly raised into rims, and the plates are strung on two almost circular rings, the ends of which are open and bear no siga of any seal. The ends of the rings are so wide apart as to permit the plates passing out of them without any difficulty. Their diameter varies from 2 to 24", and their thickness is slightly over
The inscription consists of sixty lines of writing and is in an almost perfect state of preservation. The characters belong to the northern class of alphabets. Attention may be drawn to the somewhat rare forms of the letters i and bh, while the archaic formation of
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Read . ;
. Read erudit Read दत्तं. Read .
• Read . 1 Read साईम्. Read Perfua.
• Read शरथे. 10 Read whê. 11 I.e. U
Read errait. 1 Read #fa. 14 Read it.
15 Read gati padat IB Rend द्रम्माः " Rend संवत्सर
19 Read afc. w [The accompanying plate has been prepared from impressions sent by Pandit Ram Karna-V.V.]
