Talk:Indian copper plate inscriptions

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An entry from Indian copper plate inscriptions appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on 22 March 2007.

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When were the plates discovered? Where exactly? By whom? These would shed a lot of light on the situation. Please help! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 64.229.194.109 (talk) 03:28, 22 March 2007 (UTC).

Over the last century and a half, as interest in Indian archaeological has increased, more ruins of temples and other remains have been recovered and explored. As the newspaper article referenced describes, these plates are being recovered bit by bit over time, and are still being unearthed today. There was no one huge finding. It's like any archeology, it is pieced together by working hard in the field and building up evidence. There are catalogues of the many hundreds or thousands that have been found and collected by museums and archives. These can be easily found online using Google. Sincerely, Mattisse 13:15, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

To say that the Ganga inscription as a bilingual Sanskrit-Kannada is misleading. It is a Sanskrit inscription but some Kannada words are used - not that the inscription is written in two languages versions. The Hindu report says "The inscriptions also contain Kannada words in describing the boundaries of a village".--Aadal 21:56, 9 April 2007 (UTC)