EPIGRAPHIA INDICA
No. 20.- SEMRA PLATES OF PARAMARDIDEVA ;
[VIKRAMA-]SAMVAT 1223.
BY W. CARTELLIERI, PH.D.
The subjoined edition of this recently discovered inscription is based on ink-impressions
which were taken by Dr. A. Führer and sent by him to Professor Bühler, who made them over
to me for publication. Dr. Führer states that the original copper-plates were found in
September 1892 at Semra, a village in the Bijawar State, Bundelkhand Agency, Central India,
and 9 miles west of Shâhgaṛh, a police station in the Sâgar district of the Central Provinces,
and were presented to the Lucknow Museum by the Maharaja of Bijawar through the
Political Agent at Nowgong. The plates are three in number, measuring,─ to judge from the
impressions,─ about 2′ 1½″ in breadth and about 1′ 7½″ in height, and joined by a plain ring,
which passes through a hole at the top or bottom, respectively, of each plate. At the top of
the first plate is a representation of the goddess Lakshmî, which divides the first five lines
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