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The '''Dubi copperplate inscription''' are the inscriptions of a grant issued by [[Bhaskaravarman]] of [[Kamarupa]]. This is the earliest of all copper plate grants issued by Kamarupa kings discovered so far.<ref>{{harvcol|Sharma|1978|p=28}}</ref> This was an issue after an earlier charter, issued by Bhutivarman, was destroyed.<ref>{{harvcol|Sharma|1978|p=29}}</ref> There are five copper plates in this collection, with seventy-six verses in [[Sanskrit]], written in the eastern variety of North Indian alphabet prevalent in the sixth and seventh centuries.<ref>{{harvcol|Sharma|1978|p=10}}</ref> All six plates in this grant were first discovered around 1950 during digging near a Siva temple in Dubi village about three miles from the [[Pathsala]] railway station, [[Undivided Kamrup district|Kamrup]] district, Assam;<ref>{{harvcol|Lahiri|1991|p=26}}</ref> but the sixth plate was irrecoverably destroyed soon after discovery. These plates are currently in the [[Assam State Museum]].<ref>{{harvcol|Sharma|1978|p=10}}</ref> This plate was issued before the [[Nidhanpur copperplate inscription]],{{sfn|Sharma|1978|p=10}} during the earlier part of Bhaskkaravarman's reign.{{sfn|Sharma|1978|p=29|ps=: in Sircar (1954)}}<br />
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==Seal==<br />
The bundle of plates is held together with a ring and a bronze seal. The seal is oval in shape, with a countersunk figure of an elephant from front at the top, a typical feature of all Kamarupa seals.<ref>{{harvcol|Sharma|1978|p=34}}: "The figure of an elephant is invariably present in all the available seals attached to the CP grants of the Kamarupa kings."</ref> The bottom two-thirds of the seal has eleven lines of Sanskrit text, with the text separated from the elephant figure with a line. The text gives the line of kings from ''the great king of kings Sri Pushyavarma, the lord of Pragjyotisha''{{sfn|Sharma|1978|p=33}} to Bhaskaravarman, with some of the names replaced by synonyms.{{sfn|Sharma|1978|p=34}}<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==References==<br />
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* {{cite book<br />
|last=Lahiri<br />
|first=Nayanjot<br />
|title=Pre-Ahom Assam: Studies in the Inscriptions of Assam between the Fifth and the Thirteenth Centuries AD<br />
|publisher=Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt Ltd<br />
|year=1991<br />
|location=Delhi}}<br />
* {{cite book<br />
|last= Sharma<br />
|first=Mukunda Madhava<br />
|title=Inscriptions of Ancient Assam<br />
|publisher=[[Gauhati University]]<br />
|year=1978<br />
|location=Guwahati, Assam}}<br />
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