Artifact
Kapal Mochan copper plate
also Tamar patar of Kapal Mochan
A dated copper plate naming Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji and a Brahmin named Jawala Das.[Mann]
- Date
- 1679 (Samat 1736), as inscribed
- Held by
- Custodians of the Shiva temple at Kapal Mochan
- Location
- Kapal Mochan, near Paonta, India
- Provenance
- Attributed
- Status: Private collection
- Gurinder Singh Mann (2008) reports finding it at the temple during fieldwork in the years after 2000 and prints a photograph.
The inscription, in ordinary Gurmukhi, gives its date as 14 October 1679 in Mann's reading, and quotes the opening of the Sikh ardas.
What is disputed
- Dating and anachronism
The plate uses 'Singh' and 'Khalsa' two decades before 1699. Mann takes this as a reason to rethink the chronology. It could equally raise doubts about the date. No independent study was found.[Mann]
See it online
The copper plate at Kapal Mochan, inscribed with a date in 1679 and naming Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji. Its use of 'Singh' and 'Khalsa' before 1699 raises questions that Mann discusses.
Unknown maker (attributed to Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji), 1679, as inscribed. Shiva temple, Kapal Mochan (per Mann, 2008). Public domain. Source
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