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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA
No. 29.─ SARSAVNI PLATES OF BUDDHARAJA ;
[KALACHURI-]SAMVAT 361.
BY F. KIELHORN, PH.D., LL.D., C.I.E. ; GÖTTINGEN.
These plates are in the possession of Patel Karsan Daji at Sarsavṇî (Sarasavaṇî), a village
four and a half miles south of Pâḍra, in the Pâdra subdivision of the Baroda State. Through
Mr. Keshavlal Ranchhod Kirtania they were brought to the notice of Mr. Withal Nagar of
Baroda, who kindly informed Dr. Hultzsch of their existence ; and at the latter’s request
Lieutenant-Colonel C. W. Ravenshaw, Officiating Resident at Baroda, was good enough to send
the plates to him for examination. I edit the inscription which they contain from excellent
impressions, furnished to me by Dr. Hultzsch.
These are two copper-plates, either of which measures 10⅜″ broad by 7⅜″ high, and is
inscribed on one side only. Their margins are raised into rims. Through two holes at the bottom
of the first and the top of the second plate are passed two unsoldered plain rings, measuring
2½″ and 2¼″ in diameter. There is no seal, and no indication of one having been attached to
the plates.─ The writing is well done and carefully engraved, and throughout in an excellent
state of preservation. The size of the letters is about 3/16″. The characters belong to a variety
of the southern alphabet which is well-known from Valabhî inscriptions and from the inscriptions
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