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Excerpt from Coorg Inscriptions, (Revised Edition), Vol. 1 Curiously enough, the first discovery of this important line of kings, who were the rulers of Mysore for nearly the whole of the first millennium of the Christian era, but whose very name had dropped into oblivion, was due to the copper plates (cg 1) found in the treasury at Mercara 2. As to when or by whom they were placed there no trace has been found, and they relate, not to any place in Coorg, but to one in Mysore. They were brought to the notice of Dr. Burgess by Mr. Graeter, and are now deposited in the Lutheran Mission Museum at Basle in Switzerland. Much controversy arose as to their date, the year 388 being given in the plates without mention of any era. By some they were accepted as one of the earliest unquestionable inscriptions discovered in India, whilst others imagined they might be forgeries. The full and abundant information that has since come to light in the inscriptions obtained by me from all parts of Mysore, some of which were published at the time in the Indian Antz'guary or other works, and all of which appear in full in the volumes of my Epzlqrapbz'a Camatz'ca, enables us to maintain the credibility of the Mercara plates. The date contained in them, as regards the year, is correct according to the Saka era, nor is this belied by the palaeography 3. The language of the main portion is Sanskrit, but the details of the grant are in Hair; Kannada. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections