31. Soro I plates, year 15.
EI, XXIII, No. 32. (N. G. Majumdar) 202; IO, II, III, 138-140 (SR).
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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.
B. — Plate of Sîmadatta; the year 15.
(NM)
TEXT.
Obverse.
1 Îì svasti |
jaya-skandhàvàràd=Àmratakøaka-vàsakàt=parama-daivatàdhidaivata-ùrè-
2 Para[ma]bhaòòàraka-pàd-ànudhyàtî mahàva(ba)làdhikðt-àntaraêga-mahàsàndhi-
3 vigrahika-Sîmadattaõ kuùalè Îära-viøayå Uttara-Tîsalyàì Saråph-à-
4 hàra-viøayå varttamàna-bhaviøyan-mahàsàmanta-mahàràja-ràjaputra-kumàrà-
5 màty-îparika-viøayapati-tadàyó(yu)ktaka-dàíäavàsika-sthànàntarikàn=a-
6 nyàìù=ca chàòa-bhaòa-vallabha-jàtèyàn=viøaya-mahàmahattara-kóòakîla-sa-
7 pustapàl-àdy-adhikaraíaã=cha yath-àrham=pójayaty=avagamayati cha vidita-
8 m=astu bhavatàì yath=àsmàbhir=åtad-viøaya-samva(mba)ddha-Aäayàra-gràmî(maõ)
ùrè-Parama-
9 [bha]òòàraka-pàdànàm=à-chandr-àrka-sama-kàlam=puíy-àbhivðddhayå
ràja-datti-
10 tàmra-paòòa-sthityà Vàtsya-sagîtra-Vàjasanåya-Dhruvamitrasvàmy-Àruêga-
11 svàmy-àdènàm=pratipàditas=tad=åøàì
samucita-tàmra-paòòa-dà[na*]n=datvà(ttvà)
12 bhuãjànànàì na kånachid=anyathà karaíèyà åøà cha dattiõ paramadaivata-
Reverse.
13 ùrè-Paramabhaòòàraka-pàdànàì dharmmasya cha
gauravàt=pratipàlayitavyà ||
14 uktaã=cha dharmmà-ùàstrå [|*] Va(Ba)hubhir=vvasudhà dattà ràjabhiõ
Sagar-àdibhiõ [|*]
15 yasya yasya yadà bhómis=tasya tasya tadà phalaì(m)|[|*]
Sva-dattàm=para-dattàm=và
16 yî haråta vasundharàì(m) [|*] sa viøòhàyàì kðmir=bhótvà pitðbhiõ saha
pachyatå ||[2*]
17 Mà bhód=aphala-ùaêkà vaõ para-datt=åti pàrthivàõ[|*]
sva-dànàt=phalam=ànantyaì
18 para-dàn-ànupàlanaì(m) || [3*] Øaøòim=varøa-sahasràíi svargå mîdati
19 bhómidaõ [|*] àkøåptà ch=ànumantà cha tàny=åva narakam=va(kå va)såd=iti ||
(t || [4*] iti)
20 samvat 10 5 Vaiùàkha di 10 3 likhitaì sàndhivigrahika-
21 Kåùavåna tàpitaì mahattaraka-Sóryadåvåna ||