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    The Sohgaura copper plate inscription was discovered in a village in Uttar Pradesh, India. Dating to around the 3rd century BCE, it is written in the Brahmi script on a copper plate and consists of symbolic drawings and four lines of text. The inscription was likely written by someone from the Ashokan empire, as the language and script used date to that period. It details a queen's donation of a village to a Brahmin and the establishment of grain depots to aid with famines.

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    The Sohgaura copper plate inscription was discovered in a village in Uttar Pradesh, India. Dating to around the 3rd century BCE, it is written in the Brahmi script on a copper plate and consists of symbolic drawings and four lines of text. The inscription was likely written by someone from the Ashokan empire, as the language and script used date to that period. It details a queen's donation of a village to a Brahmin and the establishment of grain depots to aid with famines.

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    The Sohgaura copper plate inscription was discovered in a village in Uttar Pradesh, India. Dating to around the 3rd century BCE, it is written in the Brahmi script on a copper plate and consists of symbolic drawings and four lines of text. The inscription was likely written by someone from the Ashokan empire, as the language and script used date to that period. It details a queen's donation of a village to a Brahmin and the establishment of grain depots to aid with famines.

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    Worksheet Section A 10.08.2020

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    The Sohgaura copper plate inscription was discovered in a village in Uttar Pradesh, India. Dating to around the 3rd century BCE, it is written in the Brahmi script on a copper plate and consists of symbolic drawings and four lines of text. The inscription was likely written by someone from the Ashokan empire, as the language and script used date to that period. It details a queen's donation of a village to a Brahmin and the establishment of grain depots to aid with famines.

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    BALLB Section A

    NAME: ……Yashdeep Kanhai………………………………………… Roll No. ……1028……………

    Sohgaura Copper Plate


    What? The Sohgaura copper plate inscription is an Indian copper plate inscription written in Prakrit
    in the Brahmi script. The plate, consisting of a line of symbolic drawings and four lines of
    text, is the result of a molding.

    Where?  It was discovered in Sohgaura, a village on the banks of the Rapti River, about 20 km south-
    east of Gorakhpur, in the Gorakhpur District, Uttar Pradesh, India.

    Who? As it was written in Prakrit in the Brahmi script, and it was used during the time of Ashoka,
    so probably someone from the Ashokan empire wrote it.

    When? The inscription is sometimes presented as pre-Ashokan, even pre-Mauryan, but the writing of
    the plate, especially the configuration of akshara would rather suggest a date after Ashoka.
    3rd century BCE

    Why? The copper plate inscribed in Sanskrit, gave details of the queen's donation of a village to a
    Brahmin. It also mentions the establishment of two grain depots (Kosthagara) to fight against
    famine.

    How? ----------------

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