Copper Plate Document

by India

$7,500 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

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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

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