Sohgaura Copper Plate Inscription and Sarasvati hieroglyphs

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Appended to this monograph is a reading of the first line of

Sohgaura Copper Plate Inscription composed mostly of Sarasvati

hieroglyphs.

 

The line relates to the facilities (together with a pair of

kos.t.ha_ga_ra, storehouses) provided to itinerant metalsmiths of

artisan guilds at the junction of three highways.

 

Ib is the shortest name of any Railway Station; it is on Nagpur-

Howrah rail-route. Ib means 'iron' (Santali). Ib is not far from

jharsagud.a the land the Great Maha_vi_ra walked.

 

Lohgar.h is the name of a place on the banks of River Sarasvati in

Yamunanagar district north of the Siwalik ranges. At this place, the

District Collector licenses gold-panners even today. No wonder,

Sarasvati was called hiran.yavartani_.

 

Kalyanaraman