28. Soro plates.
EI,XXIII, No. 32. p 201-202 (N. G. Majumdar); IO, II, III, 116-119 (SR).

These copper plates, which are edited here for the first time, were unearthed at Badkhuri near Sîrî in the Balasore District of Orissa, and recently acquired by the Ravenshaw College Museum, Cuttack. Prof. N.C. Banerji of the College brought the plates to me for decipherment in March 1937, and as they had a thick incrustation of verdigris they were chemically treated in the Indian Museum, Archeological Section, I am obliged to the authorities of the Ravenshaw College Museum for the loan of thc plates, as also for the permission to edit them in this Journal.
These are four plates (A, B, C and D), representing four separate documents, each complete in itself. Their respective sizes are as follows:—A, 7 1/2" x 4"; B, 8" x 5 1/4"; C, 7 1/2" x 4 1/4" and D, 7 1/4" x 3 3/4". The plates are engraved on both sides, there being 19 lines of writing in A, 21 lines in B, 18 lines in C and 21 lines in D. Originally each plate had a seal attached to it at the left hand side, but the seals of plates A, B and C are missing. Plate D still retains the seal, but it is very much worn out and its details are completely obliterated. (NM)

TEXT.

Obverse.

1 Îì [|*] jaya-skandhàvàràt-Tamparavaäama(?)-vàsakàc=chruta-vinaya-vibhó-
2 øaíaõ praíayi-jana-yathåøòa-bhîgya-vibhavaõ sarvva-dik-parisara-
3 pratiøòhit-ànanta-puíya-kèrttir=àpann-àbhaya-mantra-dèkøitî nija-
4 bhuja-paràkram-àkrànta-ùattru-pakøaõ prajà-pàlana-dakøiíî Mudgala-
5 kul-àmva(mba)r-åndu-ùrè-cóäà-maniõ paramadaivata-va(ba)ppa-pàd-ànuddhyàtî Mahà-
6 ràja-ùrè-Ùambhuyaùàõ kuùalè Uttara-Tîsalyàì varttamàna-bhavi-
7 øyan-mahàsàmanta-mahàràja-ràjaputtra-kumàràmàty-îparika-
8 viøayapati-tadàyuktaka-dàíäavàsika-sthànàntarikàn=anyà[ì]-
9 ù=cha vallabha-jàtèyàn=Saråpha-(ph-à)hàra-viøaya-mahàmahattara-
10 [kó]òakîlas-àdy-adhikaraíaì mànayati viditam=astu vî yath=ai-

Reverse.

11 tad-viøaya-samva(mba)ddha-Saråph-àsaêga-gràmå Ghaíòàkaríía-køåttrå timpir-à-
12 øòau sasya-sahità vàstu-hasta-ùata-dvaya-samåtàõ s-îparikaràõ
13 s-îddåùà[õ] sarvva-pèäà-varjjità à-chandr-àrkka-samakàlaì màtà-pittrî-
14 r=àtmanaù=cha puíy-àbhivðddhayå Bhàradvàja-sagîttra-Kàívåya-
15 Bharaíasvàminå pratipàditàs=tad=åø=àsmad-dattiõ pratipàla-
16 yitavy=åty=àjãà svayaì | uktaã=cha dharmma-ùàstrå [|*] Bahubhir=vvasudhà dattà
17 ràjabhi[õ*] Sagar-àdibhi[õ|*] yasya yasya yadà bhómiõ ta(mis=ta)sya tasya tadà
18 phalaì(m) |[|*1] likhittam(taì) mahàsàndhivigrahika-Nàràyaíåna
19 tàpittaì(taì) mahattara-Vidå[ùa]svàmin[à] | saìvva(va)t 200 60 Kàrtti di 30