Aksasalika, Aksasalin, and Suvarnakara as the Engravers of Copper Plate Charters of Odisha (c.7th-11th Centuries CE)

Jhanjh, Dev Kumar (2017) Aksasalika, Aksasalin, and Suvarnakara as the Engravers of Copper Plate Charters of Odisha (c.7th-11th Centuries CE). In: Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, vol.78, 2017, Hooghly.

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Copper plate charters have been widely used by historians for constructing dynastic and political history and also as sources for socio-economic and cultural studies for the period c. 600-1300 CE. These were offi cial and written documents regarding land grants that were engraved on metal plate(s). The active presence of the engravers, different from the composer (lekhaka), was hence signifi cant, and they were usually mentioned in the concluding portions of the land grant. Therefore, it appears that the engraver, as a state functionary, was indispensible for the making and production of land grants. Yet, the functions and position of the engraver of copper plates have not been adequately studied. The present paper takes a close look at the engraver of copper plates by examining various terms that appear in more than sixty copper plates from early medieval Odisha, issued between the 7th and 11th centuries

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Authors:	Jhanjh, Dev Kumar
Document Language:	Language English
Subjects:	Social sciences
Divisions:	Azim Premji University > School of Education
Full Text Status:	Public
URI:	http://publications.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/id/eprint/5212
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