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Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1153/1/6/3
Title:: हीर - रांझा की लोकगाथा'
Scope & Content:: This set of typewritten pages contains the text of the epic of Heer -a princess and Ranjha -a flutist and a cattle herder. It is a story of love and madness. Custodial history: Collection of Komal Kothari, housed at Rupayan Sansthan. Extent and format of original material: 1 set of 5 pages. P...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Hindi
Date Range:: 1970s
Extent:: 5 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1153/1/6/4
Title:: सस्सी पुन्हो की लोकगाथा'
Scope & Content:: This set of typewritten pages contains the text of the epic of Sassi -raised by washerman (Dhobi) parents and Punho -prince of Kech, Balochistan, Pakistan. It is a story of unrequited love and a tragic end. Custodial history: Collection of Komal Kothari, housed at Rupayan Sansthan. Extent and ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Hindi
Date Range:: 1970s
Extent:: 4 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1153/1/6/5
Title:: नूरी जाम तमाची'
Scope & Content:: This typewritten page contains a short summary of the epic of Noori Jam Tamachi. It’s a tale of Noori -an ostracized fisherwoman and her marriage to Jam Tamachi -ruler of Thatta, Sindh, Pakistan. It is a story of love and faith. Custodial history: Collection of Komal Kothari, housed at Rupayan ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Hindi
Date Range:: 1970s
Extent:: 1 TIFF image

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1153/1/6/6
Title:: राय ड़याच - सोरठ की बात'
Scope & Content:: This typewritten page contains an incomplete short summary of the epic of Ray Dayach -king of Girnar, Gujarat, India and Sorath -wife of king Dayach. It is a story of love, commitment and sacrifice. Custodial history: Collection of Komal Kothari, housed at Rupayan Sansthan. Extent and format o...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Hindi
Date Range:: 1970s
Extent:: 1 TIFF image

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1153/1/6/8
Title:: रजिक की मर्यादा'
Scope & Content:: This set of pages contains a transcript of a local theatrical tradition called Behrupiya, essentially performed by members of the Bhand community of Rajasthan. Custodial history: Collection of Komal Kothari, housed at Rupayan Sansthan. Extent and format of original material: 1 set of 6 pages. ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Hindi and Marwari
Date Range:: 1970s
Extent:: 6 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1153/1/6/10
Title:: Story Book
Scope & Content:: This a set of handwritten pages compiled by various scribes. This is a collection of various kinds of folk-tales with moral lessons at the end. These may be a collection of tales meant for children. Custodial history: Collection of Komal Kothari, housed at Rupayan Sansthan. Extent and format o...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Hindi
Date Range:: 1970s
Extent:: 38 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1153/1/6/12
Title:: A collection of local tales
Scope & Content:: This notebook with handwritten pages contains texts of 4 folk-tales. Custodial history: Collection of Komal Kothari, housed at Rupayan Sansthan. Extent and format of original material: 1 set of 30 pages. Physical characteristics: Softbound notebook with ruled pages and texts written in blue i...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English, Hindi, and Marwari
Date Range:: 1970s
Extent:: 36 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1153/1/6/14
Title:: निहालदे'
Scope & Content:: This typewritten page contains the text of the tale of Sultan-Nihalde. Custodial history: Collection of Komal Kothari, housed at Rupayan Sansthan. Extent and format of original material: 1 set of 1 page. Physical characteristics: Carbon copy of typewritten page. It has turned yellow and britt...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Hindi
Date Range:: 1970s
Extent:: 1 TIFF image

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1153/1/6/22
Title:: गणगौर'
Scope & Content:: This is a notebook containing mostly mythological stories and tales pertaining to and narrated during the festival of Gangaur in Rajasthan. The cover page of the notebook mentions that the research was done by the daughter of Bansilalaji Compunder and the research focusses on the Gangaur festiva...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Hindi and Rajasthani
Date Range:: 1960s
Extent:: 61 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1153/1/6/24
Title:: The narratives of Daval
Scope & Content:: This is a notebook containing the plot lines of various episodes that are narrated in the Daval tradition of Rajasthan. The stories outlined in this collection include 'Bhimavali' and 'Karnakatha' which are also in this collection in their entirety among the transcripts of recordings in the EAP1...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Hindi
Date Range:: 1970s
Extent:: 92 TIFF images

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