32. Soro II plates, year 15.
EI, XXIII, No. 32. (N. G. Majumdar) 202-03; IO, II, III, 136-137 (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. (N. G. Majumdar)
C. — Another Plate of Sîmadatta; the year 15.
(NM)

TEXT.

Obverse.

1 îì svasti[|*] ùàãchàòakàt=paramadaivata-ùrè-Paramabhaòòàraka-pàd-ànudhyàtî mahà-
2 va(ba)làdhikðt-àntaraêga-mahàsàndhivigrahika-Sîmadattaõ kuùalè Saråph-àhàra-
3 samba(mba)ddha-Varukàía-viøayå varttamàna-bhaviøyan-mahàsàmanta-mahàràja-ràja-
4 puttra-kumàràmàty-îparika-viøayapati-tadàyuktaka-dàíäavàsika-sthànàntarikà-
5 n=anyàìù=ca chàòa-bhaòa-vallabha-jàtèyàn-viøaya-mahàmahattara-kóòakîlasa-
6 pustapàl-àdy-adhikaraíaì cha yathàrham=pójayaty=avagamayati cha viditam=astu bhava-
7 tàm=åtad-viøaya-samva(mba)ddha-cira-khila-[ùó]nyî Va(Ba)hirvvàòaka-gràmaõ parama-daivata-
8 ùrè-Paramabhaòà(òòà)raka-pa(pà)dànàm=à-chandr-àrkka-samakàlaì puíy-àbhivðddhayå Vàtsya-sagî-
9 ttra-Vàjasanåya-charaía-Dhruvamittrasvàmy-Àruêgasvàmibhyam ràja-tàmra-paòòa-sthityà
10 pratipàditas=tad=anayîs=samuchita-ràjadatti-tàmra-paòòa-dànaì dattvà bhuãjànayîr=na
11 kånachid=và(bà)dhà kàryà åøà cha dattiõ paramadaivata-ùrè-Paramabhaòòàraka-pàdànàì

Reverse.

12 dharmmasya cha gauravàt=pratipàlayitavyà | uktaì cha dharmma-ùàstrå[|*] Va(Ba)hubhir=vvasu-
13 dhà dàttà ràjabhis=Sagar-àdibhiõ[|*] yasya yasya yadà bhómis=tasya tasya tadà
14 phalaì(m) ||[1*] Mà bhód=aphala-ùaêkà vaõ para-datt=åti pàrthivàõ [|*] sva-dànàt=phala-
15 m=ànantyaì para-dàn-ànupàlanaì(m) || [2*] øaøòiì varøa-sahasràíi svarggå ti-
16 øòhati bhómidaõ [|*] àkøåptà ch=ànumantà cha tàny=åva narakå vasåd=iti (t || || [3*] iti)
17 samvat 10 5 Màgha di 20 4 likhitaì Ùubhasiìhåna |
18 tàpitaì påäàpàlaka-Divàkaråía utkèrííaì Nàràyaíåna ||