👉 TWO LOST PLATES OF NIDHANPUR COPPER PLATES OF BHASKARAVARMAN
| SAHI Id: | SAHI-901 |
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| Sahi Flag: | NIIMH/SAHI/SY/CP//7th century AD |
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| Source Location: | Village: Nidhanpur Mandal: Sylhet |
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| Source-Site: | This copper-plate inscription was found at Nidhanpur village in the Sylhet district of Bangladesh. |
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| Source Reference: | Epigraphia Indica Volume 19 (1927-28), Page Number- 115, (No. 19), Published by the Director General Archaeological Survey of India, Janpath, New Delhi-110011, 1983. |
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| Time Period: | 7th century AD |
| History and Significance: | This inscription belongs to the reign of king Bhaskaravarman of Kamarupa Kingdom |
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| Medical Information: | Mentions about a hewn fig tree (Udumbara- Ficus racemosa L.). |
| Description: | This copper-plate inscription was found at Nidhanpur village in the Sylhet district of Bangladesh. It contains a grant detailing the issuance and reconfirmation of land grants to Brahmanas (priests or scholars) by King Bhaskaravarman. The land, known as Mayurasalmal-agrahara, is described with specific boundaries, ensuring its protected status and allocation for religious purposes such as bali-worship, charu- oblation, and satra- hospitality. The demarcations of the boundaries include:to the east, lies the dried Kausika River, to the south-east, that very Kausika River marked by a hewn fig tree (Udumbara- Ficus racemosa L.), and to the south, a hewn fig tree (Udumbara- Ficus racemosa L.). |
| Text/Transcript: | 1. nēna s=aiva Śushka-Kauśikā Dumbarīchchēda-samva(ṁvē)dyā Dakshinēn=āpi Ḍumvarī chcha(chchlē)da[ha*]|| Dakshina- |
| Additional Information: | NA |