39. Kurud (Raipur District, Madhya Pradesh) copper-plate, RY. 24.
JBRS. Vol. XLII (1956), pp. 330-32 & Pl. (S. L. Katare & B. C. Jain); EI. Vol. XXXI (1955-56), No. 35, pp. 263-66 & Pl. (M. G. Dikshit); ibid., pp. 267-9 (D. C. Sircar); Ind. Arch., A Review, 1957-58, p. 57, No. 22, Ajay Mitra Shastri, Studies in Indian Epigraphy (Journal of the Epigraphical Society of India), ii, 50-54. AMS I: II.

Language: Sanskrit. In prose except the customary benedictive and imprecatory verses at the end and the legend on the seal.
Metre: Verses 1-4: Anuøòubh.
Script: Box-headed variety of the Central Indian alphabet.
Date: Regnal Year 24, Vaiùàkha 4. First half of the sixth century A.D. 
Plates 5.9" long and 3.2" broad.
The seal is circular, its diameter being about 2-8". It is divided into two equal compartments by a couple of horizontal lines in the middle. In the upper half we have the figure of goddess Lakømè, standing on a lotus facing full front, being anointed by an elephant on either side pouring water over her from a jar held in its uplifted trunk. The topmost part of the seal bears the representation of the sun and the moon in the form of a small pellet and a crescent respectively. The lower half is occupied by the two-line legend in the Anuøòubh metre.
(AMS)

TEXT.

Seal

1 Khaäga-dhàrà-jita-bhuva[õ*] Ùarabhàt=pràpta-janmanaõ [|*]
2 nðpatå[ù=ùrè]-Naråndrasya ùàsanaì ripu-ùàsana[m ||4*]

First Plate

1 Siddham [|*] svasti [||*] vijaya-skandhàvàràt-Tilakåùvara-vàsakàt=paramabhàga-
2 vatî màtà-pitð-pàd-ànuddhyàtaõ ùrè-mahàràja-Naråndraõ Cullàäa-
3 sèma(mà)-bhîgèya-Kåùavakå bràhmaía-purassaràn=prativàsi-
4 kuòumbinas=samàjãàpayati [|*] viditam=astu vaõ yath=àya[ì] gràma[õ]
5 paramabhaòòàraka-pàdai[õ*] Bhaùruta-svàminå Dhàraíi-sagîtràya

Second Plate, First Side

6 Gaêgàya(yàì) majjana[ì*] kurvvadbhi[õ*] tàla-patra=ùàsanåna sva-puíy-àbhivð-
7 ddhayå dattakaõ [|*] tac=ca tàla-patra-ùàsana[ì*] griha-dàdhhå dagdham=ity=adhi-
8 karaí-àvadhàraíayà pràk-prabhri(bhð)ty-avyavacchåda-bhîgån=àya[ì*] grà-
9 mî bhujyata iti || adhunà Bhàùrutasvàmi-putra-Ùaêkhasvàminå
10 paramabhaòòàraka-pàdànà[ì*] puíy-àpyàyanàdå(y=ai)va tàmra-ùàsa-

Second Plate, Second Side

11 nån=ànumîditaõ ity=åvam=upalabhy=àsy=àjãà-ùravaía-vidhåyà
12 bhótvà yathî(thà)-kàlam=ucita-bhîga-bhàga-dhànya-hiraíy-àdår=upa-
13 nayaì karøyath=åti || bhaviøyataù=ca bhópà[n*] kuùal-îpåtam=anu-
14 darùayati | dótakam=adhikaraía[m*] || Vyàsa-gètà[ì*]ù=c=àtra ùlîkàn=udàha-
15 ranti || Bahubhir=vvasudhà dattà ràjabhis=Sàgar-àdhibhi[õ*] | yasya yasya

Third Plale

16 yadà bhómis=tasya tasya tadà phala[m*] ||[1] Pórvva-dattàì dvijàtibhyî ya-
17 tnàd=rakøa Yudhiøòhira [|*] mahèì mahimatàì ùråøòha dànàc=chråyî=nupàla-
18 na[m ||2*] Øaøòi-varøa-sahasràíi svarggå mîdati bhómidaõ [|*] àcchå-
19 ttà c=ànumantà cca(ca) tàny=åva narakå vasåt [||3*] pravarddhamàna-vija-
20 ya-ràjya-savva(saìva)tsarå chaturvviêùa(rvviìùa)timå 20 4 Vaiùàkha-di 4
21 utki(tkè)rííaì Ùrèdattån=åti ||