 The weight of the copper plate is 11.85 kg and it measures 52 cm x 37.5 cm.The copper plate was issued by the emperor Mahendrapala on the 2nd day of Vaisakha month of his seventh regnal year (854) from Kuddalakhataka "jayaskandhavara" (camp of victory) in the "Pundravardhana" "bhukti".It states that the emperor Mahendrapala, the son and successor of Devapala, announced before the body of the officers and other persons assembled on the occasion of a land grant ceremony that his "mahasenapati" (general) Vajradeva had intended to donate the land adjacent to the "Nandadirghika Udranga Mahavihara", erected by him for attainment of religious merits for his parents and all people on earth for the worship of the Buddhist deities and maintenance and performance of religious rites which include copying (manuscripts) by the monks residing in the Vihara.