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A FORGED AGARVA COPPER-PLATE GRANT OF SAHASRARJUNA (Kārtavirya)

Pravinchandra Parikh, Bharati Shelatसंबोधि1990pp. 36–42

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A set of copper-plates was discovered in 1935 by shri Mangalbhai Baraiya while digging in the hollow of Galateshvar near Dakor. (Dist. Kaira). Copper-plates were lying in a cauldron. They were purchased by Shri Ramanbhai Somabhai Shah of Agarva from him and were preserved at his place for about forty years. Recently the plates are

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परीख और शेलत सन् १९३५ में डाकोर के निकट गलतेश्वर से मिले दो ताम्रपत्रों का सम्पादन करते हैं — नवीं सदी की नागरी में चालीस पंक्तियाँ, जिनमें सहस्रार्जुन द्वारा उपलहेड ग्राम के दान का उल्लेख है। लिपि तथा ४ नवम्बर ८४९ की चन्द्रग्रहण-तिथि इस लेख को बनावटी सिद्ध करती हैं। Parikh and Shelat edit two copper plates dug up at Galateshvar near Dakor in 1935: forty lines of Sanskrit in ninth-century Nagari recording Sahasrarjuna's grant of Upalaheda village. The palaeography and the eclipse date, 4 November 849, show the record to be a forgery.

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Hindi title: A FORGED AGARVA COPPER-PLATE GRANT OF SAHASRARJUNA (Kārtavirya)
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Language: English
Author: Pravinchandra Parikh, Bharati Shelat
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Pravinchandra Parikh, Bharati Shelat. “A FORGED AGARVA COPPER-PLATE GRANT OF SAHASRARJUNA (Kārtavirya).” Saṃbodhi, vol. 17, no. 1, 1990, pp. 36–42.

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