[2] The inscription describes the establishment of three granaries for the public during times of famine and scarcity.

[3] Scholars agree that punchmarked coins featuring a three-arched crescent atop symbol known as Rajanka or Meru symbol, found at Kumrahar (Patna) also mentioned on the Sahgaura copper-plate, were issued during Chandragupta Maurya's reign.

[6] The inscription is sometimes presented as pre-Ashokan, even pre-Mauryan, but the writing of the plate, especially the configuration of akshara would rather suggest a date after Ashoka.

[6] Archaeologist Raymond Allchin believes it to be from Ashoka's period, and considers it to be a precursor of the later copper-plate inscriptions.

[8] Sāvatiyānam Mahāma(ttā)nam sāsane Mānavāsītika- ḍasilimate Ussagāme va ete duve koṭṭhāgālāni tina-yavāni maṃthulloca-chammā-dāma-bhālakān(i)va laṃ kayiyati atiyāyikāya no gahi(ta)vvāya[9] This is the oldest Indian copper plate inscription known.