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Reference (shelfmark):: EAP790/18
Title:: Saundryavati Shakya Collection
Scope & Content:: This collection belongs to a Buddhist family migrated during the early modern period from Kathmandu to Tansen in Palpa. A small Buddhist Newar community exist in this town. They did every effort to keep alive Newar Buddhist culture out of core Newar civilization. Therefore, they still possess Bu...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Nepali, Newari, and Sanskrit
Date Range:: 16th century-20th century
Extent:: 223 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP790/19
Title:: Ratna Man Shakya Collection
Scope & Content:: This collection is possed by a Buddhist Newar in Kathmandu who has ancestral ties with Buddhists of Palpa and some other hilly townships. Texts in this collection are mainly ritual texts, Stotra, Sutra and Purana. Newar Buddhists still use those kinds of texts. Extent: 7 files
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Nepali, Newari, and Sanskrit
Date Range:: 16th century-17th century
Extent:: 361 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP790/20
Title:: Vikram Subedi Collection
Scope & Content:: The present owner inherited this manuscript from his father. This manuscript is a Samhita derived from the Yajurveda. Every manuscripts may have their own stories of creation, use and survival. This manuscript has survived near end at a paper recycling plant. In the mound of paper rubbles collec...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Nepali, Newari, and Sanskrit
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 204 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP790/21
Title:: Amrit Ratna Shakya Collection
Scope & Content:: This is one of the significant manuscripts in private possession. Manuscripts in this collections mostly derived from Hinduism. It also has very old Palm leaves manuscripts.It has different types of manuscripts covering wide variety of themes. Extent: 123 files
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Nepali, Newari, and Sanskrit
Date Range:: 16th century-20th century
Extent:: 7197 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP880/1
Title:: Sikkim Palace Archives
Scope & Content:: While it is an archive that represents elite perspectives, the Sikkim Palace Archives, is also the first collection of local origin to be made freely and universally accessible for international scholarship, presenting a perspective of events and characters as experienced from within looking out...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Dzongkha, English, French, Hindi, Lepcha, Malayalam, Nepali, Tibetan, and Urdu
Date Range:: 1807-1998
Extent:: 89249 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP880/1/2
Title:: Foreign Affairs
Scope & Content:: Documents related to foreign affairs. Original file reference: SPA/FA.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English, Hindi, Nepali, and Tibetan
Date Range:: 1875-1975
Extent:: 6183 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP880/1/4
Title:: Religious Affairs
Scope & Content:: Documents related to religious affairs. Original file reference: SPA/RA.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English, Nepali, and Tibetan
Date Range:: 1875-1975
Extent:: 3972 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP880/1/5
Title:: Palace Affairs
Scope & Content:: Documents related to palace affairs. Original file reference: SPA/PA.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English, Nepali, and Tibetan
Date Range:: 1875-1975
Extent:: 17059 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP880/1/5/1
Title:: Death of Princess Sangay Deki Namgyal
Scope & Content:: Documents related to Princess Sangay Deki Namgyal's death. Original file reference: SPA/PA/BD/001. Extent of original material: 406 pages. This file contains the following 372 items: EAP880/1/5/1/1: Letter from the Dewan regarding the deterioration of Princess Sangay Deki Namgyal's health, 195...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English, Nepali, and Tibetan
Date Range:: 1957
Extent:: 406 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP880/1/6
Title:: Miscellaneous Affairs
Scope & Content:: Documents related to miscellaneous affairs. Original file reference: SPA/MA.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English, Nepali, and Tibetan
Date Range:: 1875-1975
Extent:: 4776 TIFF images

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