41b SHANKARPUR COPPER-PLATE OF THE TIME
OF BUDHAGUPTA

Provenance: Shankarpur, Sidhi District, Madhya Pradesh.
Reference B. C. Jain, Jr Ep. Soc. Ind., IV, 62-66 and plate facing p. 64. Th. 156-157
Language Sanskrit; prose, except two verses.
Metre: Verses 1-2 : Anuштubh.
Script: Late Brаhmи of the Northern Class.
Date: Year 168 [Gupta Era=487 A.D.], Щrаvaнa, fifth day.

TEXT
1. siddham [||*] samvatsaraшa(щa)t-[е]штa-шaштy-uta(tta)rе mahаmаgha samvatsara(rе)
щrаvaнa[mаsе paмca*]-
2. myам paramadеvabudhaguptе rаjani [||*] asyам divasapуrvаyам щrиmahаrаjasаlana-
3. ka[,] - - tеna щrи-mahаrаjagи(?)tavarmmapautrенa щrи-mahаrаja-vijayavarmmasutеna
4. mahаdеvyа[м] щarvasvаminyаm-utpannеna щrиmahаrаja-harivarmmaна asya-brаhmaнakau[tsa]-
5. sagоtra-gоsvаminе taccitrapalya tаmmrapaттеnаgrahаrо ёtisрштaх akaraх a-cатa-bhaтa-prа-
6. vещyaх candra-tаr-аrkka-samakаlиyaх |[|*] uktaг-ca-bhagavatа vyаsеna [||*] svadattа[м]-paradattаm[v]а yо
7. harеta vasundharа[m] [|*] sva[sa]viштhа(шта)yам kрmirbhуtа pitрbhiх saha majyatе [|| 1 ||] [|*] bahubhir-vvasudhа
8. bhuktа rаjabhiх Saka(ga)r-аdibhi[х] [|*] yasya yasya yadа bhуmis=tasya tasya tadа phalaм(lam) [|| 2 ||]
9. kumаrаmаtya bhagavadrudrachadi bhоgika mahаpratиhаra lavanaх(нaх) bapidrabhоgika-
10. dуtaka(kе)na likhitaм щrиyaштarаjеna nаgasa(щa)rmasu[tеna*] [||*]
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From plate in Jr. Ep. Soc. Ind., IV.
L. 1. (siddham) Expressed by a symbol. Jain read it as-(щa)tеsa(шa)тsa(тшa)sтyu(штhyu)ttarе. The reading given by us is after K.V. Ramesh's editorial note (Jr. Ep. Soc. Ind., IV, 66, n. 17).
L. 3. Jain : sa[щa]ka[dauhi]tе(trе)na. K.V. Ramesh. sаla (or rya)na kulоdbhуtеna (editorial comment on Jain's reading).