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366822. Mss Eur Hodgson/1
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur Hodgson/1
- Title:
- British relations with Nepal
- Scope & Content:
- While this volume consists mainly of historical accounts and letters relating to Britain-Nepal relations, there are also a couple of papers on other subjects. Except for a few Nepali titles, the descriptions in this volume are by B. Hodgson, A. Campbell and J. Tickell.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- Undetermined
- Date Range:
- 1760-1860
- Extent:
- Unspecified
366823. Mss Eur Hodgson/2
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur Hodgson/2
- Title:
- Routes and itineraries
- Scope & Content:
- Routes and itineraries of and from Nepal, translated copies of important letters written to the British authorities concerning routes and other information, notes on the Kirata tribe focusing on the Limbus. The volume's original Nepali title was "bāṭoko vayān" (literally 'description of routes')...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- Undetermined
- Date Range:
- 1830s-1840s
- Extent:
- Unspecified
366824. Mss Eur Hodgson/3
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur Hodgson/3
- Title:
- Routes, itineraries, lists of places, maps (labelled as topography)
- Scope & Content:
- Mainly routes, itineraries, list of places, sketch maps and some other items related to the history of Newar rulers, religion, population and households of Kathmandu and Morang, copies of official letters. Many of the itineraries included in this volume are copies of those included in Volume 2.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- Undetermined
- Date Range:
- 1833-1842
- Extent:
- Unspecified
366825. Mss Eur Hodgson/4
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur Hodgson/4
- Title:
- Newar ethnography, Buddhist deities, geography and routes to Peking
- Scope & Content:
- Although this volume was entitled ethnography and topography during its binding in the 1920s, the items included do not fully match the title. The so-called ethnography section includes Hodgson's very general description of the Newars but on the reverse of some of the folios, there is also mater...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- Undetermined
- Date Range:
- 1828
- Extent:
- Unspecified
366826. Mss Eur Hodgson/5
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur Hodgson/5
- Title:
- Ethnography
- Scope & Content:
- Ethnography including notes on the Hill, Tarai and Newar peoples (tribes in Hodgson's terminology) of Nepal, and a copy of a document with a list of confiscated property of a Jaisi Brahman who was head of the office in charge of elephants. All manuscripts in this volume are written in six pre-bo...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- Undetermined
- Date Range:
- c 1838
- Extent:
- Unspecified
366827. Mss Eur Hodgson/6
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur Hodgson/6
- Title:
- Ethnography, towns, villages and households of the Kathmandu Valley, trade, law, army
- Scope & Content:
- Different ethnic groups of Nepal, law and legal practice, the judicial system and police, towns, villages and households of the Kathmandu Valley, the Nepal army, measurement of Nepal's military road connecting the Eastern and Western frontiers, a report on the commerce of Nepal, Nepali paper mak...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- Undetermined
- Date Range:
- 1831-1841
- Extent:
- Unspecified
366828. Mss Eur Hodgson/7
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur Hodgson/7
- Title:
- Army, economy, ethnography, topography and routes (highly miscellaneous materials)
- Scope & Content:
- Economy: Revenue including household tax, revenue from selected Tarai and hill areas, official salaries, land system including jāgīr and birtā tenure, agricultural produce, translated land documents, slaves and slavery, wages and prices, manufacturers and trade goods of Nepal and Tibet, living c...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- Undetermined
- Date Range:
- 1820s-1850s
- Extent:
- Unspecified
366829. Mss Eur Hodgson/8
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur Hodgson/8
- Title:
- Economy
- Scope & Content:
- Economy: Revenues of Jumla in 1837 and Tarai under Bradshaw circa 1817, land system: land measurement table, a chart showing the productivity of land, cost of cultivation, share of production: landlord, tenant and government, agriculture: agricultural details of the Kathmandu Valley.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- Undetermined
- Date Range:
- 1833-1840
- Extent:
- Unspecified
366830. Mss Eur Hodgson/9
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur Hodgson/9
- Title:
- Ethnography and army
- Scope & Content:
- Notes (original title: Ethnography) on different Himalayan ethnic groups, mostly from Nepal, including their customs and manners, languages, more on Newars and Bhotiyas, festivals (jātrās) of the Newars over a 12-month cycle, revenue administration and collection, genealogies of Kings and a coup...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- Undetermined
- Date Range:
- 1815-1842
- Extent:
- Unspecified