| Metadata | |
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| Object ID | OB00063 |
| Title | Gunaighar Plate of Vainyagupta |
| Subtitle | |
| Inscription(s) | IN00070 |
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| Author | |
| Metadata recorded by | Dániel Balogh |
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| Metadata improved by | Dániel Balogh |
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| Description | |
| Material | Metal / copper |
| Object Type | Plate |
| Dimensions: | |
| Width | 25 |
| Height | 16 |
| Depth | |
| Weight | 1700 |
| Details | Bhattacharyya 1930: 45 describes the plate as "of good copper" so I have shown it as copper, not as alloy. A single plate, inscribed on both sides, thick and without rim. The surface is damaged in several places by hitting with a hard instrument; there is also corrosion damage. A seal, of a much lighter-coloured copper, is soldered to the (viewer's) left side of the plate. The seal is a slightly pointed oval about 10 cm wide and 12.5 cm tall (oriented 90° counterclockwise to the plate, i.e. the bottom of the seal faces the plate, and the longer diameter is along the longer axis of the plate). The seal is surrounded by a rim about 2 cm broad and separated by a double horizontal line across the middle. The top half bears an emblem of a bull recumbent to the proper right, in relief on a slightly countersunk surface. The bottom hald bears a corroded legend of one line. |
| History | |
| Created: | |
| Date | |
| Place | Gunaighar |
| Other ancient history | |
| Found: | |
| Date | about 1925 |
| Place | Gunaighar |
| Other modern history | |
| Latest: | |
| Date | 2015 |
| Place | Bangladesh National Museum |
| Authority | |
| Details | Found about 1925 in a tank in Guṇāīghar (or Guṇaighar?), about 3 km southwest of Debidwar in Tippera District, Bengal (now Bangladesh). Acquired as a loan by antiquarian Baikunthanath Dutt in 1928 and presented to D. C. Bhattacharyya for decipherment. Subsequent history not reported, but Furui JRAS (2015) reports that it is in the Bangladesh National Museum. |
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