This collection was recovered in Bhaktapur. She made this collection by herself. It has Tantric texts both Buddhist and Hindu Tantras. It also has a text on Hindu polity. Extent: 5 files
This manuscript is about politics.Its language is Nepali written with Devanagari script. This paper manuscript is OK. Folios are missing after 5. Its size is 24X11 CMs. Extent: Folios: 4
This collection is inherited by the present owner. This collection has Hindu text. It belongs to a Buddhist. However, the text is old and written in Newari language. This is important to understand religiosity of Shaiva Newars. It also respresents religious harmony and syncretism as as these are...
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...
The subject of this manuscript is polity. This is the compilation of ideas of the famous ancient Indian thinker and political scientist Chanakya. The main text is in Sanskrit followed by interpretation in Nepali. Its script is Devanagari. This is in good condition. Folios after 55 are missing. I...
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
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...
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
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
Documents issued by the General, Judiciary and Private offices. Original file reference: SPA/DA/AD/005. Extent of original material: 134 pages. This file contains the following 70 items: EAP880/1/1/5/1: Circular regarding exemption from house tax, 24 Jun 1924, [3 images]; EAP880/1/1/5/2: Circu...