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DescriptionCopper plate inscription of Mahendra Pala (2)- State Archaeological Museum in West Bengal- 1, Satyen Roy Rd, Auddy Bagan Basti, Behala, Kolkata, West Bengal 700034- First Floor- Nandadirghi Vihara, Jagjivanpur Gallery.jpg |
English: State Archaeological Museum in West Bengal- 1, Satyen Roy Rd, Auddy Bagan Basti, Behala, Kolkata, West Bengal 700034- First Floor- Nandadirghi Vihara, Jagjivanpur Gallery.
Description : The copper plate is inscribed on the——both sides (40 lines on the "obverse." And 32 lines on the reverse) in Siddhamatrika script prevalent in the 9th century in Sanskrit language. A royal seal is attached——to the top of the plate, which comprises within a lotus, a dharmachakra at the centre, flanked by, deers on either side and "the legend Shri Mahendrapaladeva below." The weight of the copper plate is 11.85 kg and it measures 52 cm x 37.5 cm. The copper plate was issued by the emperor Mahendrapala on the 2nd day of Vaisakha month of his seventh regnal year (854) from Kuddalakhataka jayaskandhavara (camp of victory) in the Pundravardhana bhukti. It states that the emperor Mahendrapala, the son and successor of Devapala, announced before the body of the officers and other persons assembled on the occasion of a land grant ceremony that his mahasenapati (general) Vajradeva had intended——to donate the land adjacent to the Nandadirghika Udranga Mahavihara, erected by him for attainment of religious merits for his parents and all people on earth for the worship of the Buddhist deities and maintenance and performance of religious rites which include copying (manuscripts) by the monks residing in the Vihara. |
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