442 ON ANCIENT MONUMENTS 



VII. Inscription on a Plate of Copper' found in the 

 district q/" Dina'jpuk. 



In the beginning of the present year (I8O6,) a plate 

 of copper was found at AnigacKhi in Sultdnpur, by a 

 peasant, digging earth for the repair of a road near his 

 cottage. He delivered it to the nearest police officer, 

 by whom it was conveyed to the Magistrate^, Mr. J. 

 Pattle : and by him forv.'arded for communication 

 to the Asiatick Society. A'mgdch'hi, though now a 

 small village, is described as exhibiting the appearance 

 of having formerly been a considerable place. Re- 

 mains of old masonry are found there ; and humerous 

 ponds are remarked in the vicinity of that and of the 

 adjacent villages. It is situated at the distance of about 

 fourteen miles from Buddl; where an ancient pillar 

 Stands, of which a description (as well as the inscrip- 

 tion, which is read on it), was published in the 1st 

 Yoiume of Asiatick Researches, (p. 131.) 



fiiE plate is very large, being 14 inches high and 

 13 broad. It is surmounted by a highly wrought or- 

 nament of brass, fixed on the upper part, and advanced 

 some distance on the plate so as to occasion a consider,- 

 able break in the upper lines. The su^.-erior surface is 

 covered with writing in very close lines and crowded 

 characters. The inscription is completed on the infe- 

 rior surface, which contains ] 6 lines (the upper sur- 

 face having no less than 33). The character is ancient 

 Devandgari ; and the languai^e Sanscrit : but so great 

 a part of the inscription is obliterated, (some portion of 

 every line being illegible,) that it is difficult to 

 discover the purport of the inscription. After wast- 

 ing much time in endeavouring to decypher the whole 

 Of it, I have been able only to ascertain the name 

 of the grantor, and a part of his genealogy ; with 



