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Reference (shelfmark):: EAP373/10/1
Title:: Nemi Mang [19th or 20th century]
Scope & Content:: This maunscript is similar to Gileshwar Bailung Phukan's Nemi Mang. It was noted that this manuscript was probably copied by Kekuram Phukan in about 1918.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tai languages
Date Range:: 19th or 20th century
Extent:: 33 tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP373/11
Title:: Budheshwar Phukan Collection [c18th century]
Scope & Content:: This collection of manuscript belongs to Budheshwar Phukan.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tai languages
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 181 tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP373/11/2
Title:: Deo Buranji
Scope & Content:: This manuscript is about the different Gods and Godesses like Lengdon, Langkuri, Jasingpha and others.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tai languages
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 38 tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP373/11/3
Title:: Du Kai Seng
Scope & Content:: This is a fortune telling manuscript. There are images of pairs of chicken legs with thin bamboo sticks attached to them. And depending on these images, the placement of the bamboo sticks, fortune telling and procastination of any kind of good or bad happenings are done.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tai languages
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 98 tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP373/11/4
Title:: Khon Ming
Scope & Content:: The content of the manuscript deals with the concept of bringing back the khons (souls). According to Ahom belief there are more than one khon in anything around us and any kind of suffering or disaster is due to the escape of any of the khon if it scared or angry. This is mostly recited for the ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tai languages
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 4 tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP373/12
Title:: Central Tai Academy Collection [18th century]
Scope & Content:: This collection of manuscripts belong to the Central Tai Academy and it has collected them from different sources.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tai languages
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 130 tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP373/12/1
Title:: [Believed to be a type of creation manuscript] [18th century]
Scope & Content:: The content of the folios is religious and somewhat similar to Nemi Mang. When it was first examined, the following note was written "This is a creation manuscript. Image 0008 line 4, mentions the magic water, nam pulok and the mon seng 'diamond yolk'"
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tai languages
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 10 tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP373/12/2
Title:: Unknown [18th century]
Scope & Content:: This is a compilation of folios from different manusripts. The first and the second folios are about unnatural happenings.The third folio is a part of Loti Amra. The rest of the folios relates to various other subjects. Image 0003 and 0004 are part of a manuscript is called 'sang han' because the...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tai languages
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 12 tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP373/12/3
Title:: Ap Tang [18th century]
Scope & Content:: This manuscript contains a mantra to purify water for bathing. This water used to take bath is belived to help in getting rid of deseases or evil happenings. This manuscript has become known as Ap Tang because of repetition of that phrase, which may mean 'to bathe with' or 'to present with'.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tai languages
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 8 tiff images

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