Copper Plate Document

Edité par [circa 18th or 19th century], [Western or Northern India]

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Copper plate (15 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches), engraved on both sides, one face densely filled with horizontal lines of incised text and with additional marks, including a dagger or torch device and other validating or ownership marks. The reverse more sparsely inscribed with two lines of text. An inscribed copper plate of Indian origin, engraved on both sides and belonging to the South Asian tradition of preserving legal, devotional, and commemorative texts. A striking survival from the documentary culture of South Asia, where copper served as a durable support for records intended to outlast paper and palm leaf. Such copper records, often described as tamrapatra or copper charters, were valued because they were portable, difficult to alter, and capable of serving as enduring witnesses to grants, decrees, endowments, title rights, and other formal acts. The script appears to belong to the Nagari family, possibly Devanagari or a related cursive administrative hand such as Modi, the script long used for Marathi official and business writing. From their earliest centuries of development, copper plate inscriptions have occupied a central place in South Asian documentary culture, particularly in the recording of land grants, royal edicts, temple endowments, and other formal transactions. Their durability made them suitable for preserving records intended to endure, and they were often deposited in temples or held by families or institutions as proof of rights and privileges. While earlier examples are frequently associated with royal chancelleries, the practice continued into the early modern and colonial periods, with regional administrations and local authorities maintaining related forms of documentation. The present plate appears to belong to this later phase of the tradition, when such documents were still being produced for administrative, legal, or commemorative purposes. Its relatively large format and the density of inscription suggest a formal text of some substance, while the additional engraved devices indicate an effort to authenticate or formalise the record. The copper plate offers a direct example of a documentary practice that bridges manuscript culture and more durable forms, preserving both the text itself and the physical conventions of its transmission.…

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Titre
Copper Plate Document
Auteur
[INDIA]
Éditeur
[circa 18th or 19th century], [Western or Northern India]
Reliure
Couverture souple
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