The Sohgaura copper plate inscription is an Indian copper plate inscription written in Prakrit in the Brahmi script. It was discovered in Sohgaura, a village on the banks of the

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River, about 20 km south-east of Gorakhpur, in the Gorakhpur District, Uttar Pradesh, India.THE SOHGAURA COPPER-PLATE REGISTRATION BM Barua Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute Vol. 11, No. 1 (1930), pp. 32-4

/ref> The plate, consisting of a line of symbolic drawings and four lines of text, is the result of a molding.Sircar 1942 Select Inscriptions Vol 1 OC
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/ref> 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. Archaeologist Raymond Allchin believes it to be from Ashoka's period, and considers it to be a precursor of the later copper-plate inscriptions. The text of the plate has been translated as follows. Its mentions the establishment of two grain depots (''Kosthagara'') to fight against famine.2000+ MCQs with Explanatory Notes For HISTORY by Disha Expert
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/ref> This is the oldest Indian copper plate inscription known.

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{{Reflist Epigraphy Prakrit literature 3rd century BC in India 3rd-century BC works Copper objects

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