A search to recover stolen water meters in Kalyan led cops to chance upon some historic antique stationery lying in a scrap shop. On Tuesday, the Bazarpeth police recovered a tamrapatra - a copper-plate used to record information by engraving in ancient times - allegedly dating back to 1019 AD, from a scrap shop in Ghiladevi Chowk, Kalyan (West). It has been sent to the archaeology department for assessment.

Copper-bottomed find: The tamrapatra weighs 5.5 kg, has three sheets, inscribed with Devnagri script. Pic/Navneet Barhateu00a0