8. The Dhupi Copperplate Inscription of Ramasimha, 
Sakabda. 1720 (A.D. 17098). 
By Prof. KisHort Mowan Guerra, Assam Hducational 
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PRELIMINARY. 
In March. 1921, 1] got information of a copperplate lying 
in the possession of the Mohanta of the temple (now in ruins) at 
Dhupi within the jurisdiction of the Jaintiapur Thana in the 
District of Svlhet and 23 miles from the Headquarters station. 
I at once availed myself of a holiday to visit the place and see 
the owner of the plate and as a result I am able to edit and 
publish this inscription for the first time. On examination 
I found it to be the same as was briefly noticed by Sir E. A. 
Gait in his ‘‘ Report on the Progress of Historical Research in 
Assam ”’ (page 16) in the following words: “ In this plate is set 
forth the grant by Raja Ram Simha of some land for the 
temple of Siva which had been erected by him at Dhupi.”’ 
The plate measures 8” x 53” and bears the royal seal on the 
upper right hand corner. The seal is round in shape, having a 
circle of dots inscribed within two others. Inside the smallest 
circle is the device of a lion jumping over a bunch of water- 
lilies. The lion has its face turned towards the left hand side. 
The characters are modern Bengali with a few exceptions. 
The ra is written as in Assamese without the dot and witha 
line drawn across the upper part of the triangle. The con- 
juncts Bhi (e.g. in line 2), $77 in line 19, nda (line 9), Sta (line 
9) nna (lines 7, 8, 22) and rna line 28 are slightly unusual and 
