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101. Mss Eur Hodgson/100

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Mss Eur Hodgson/100
Title:
Newar accounts: caste and religious texts; vaṃśāvali: history of Nepal and some miscellaneous materials (Persian and Urdu documents mostly translated from Nepali, Newari and Sanskrit)
Scope & Content:
Miscellaneous notes relating to revenue (general), revenue from the Tarai (Morang District), 28 major castes and sub-castes of Buddhist and Hindu Newars from Brahmin to Phogin (Kusule?), some street names of Kathmandu, a few names of Persian traders and the Munshi of the British Residency, notes...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Undetermined
Date Range:
1820-1856
Extent:
Unspecified

102. Mss Eur Hodgson/101

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Mss Eur Hodgson/101
Title:
Buddhism, Newars: religion and marriage feasts, genealogy of Nepali kings, lists of streets and major gates of Kathmandu, courts of Nepal (Persian and Urdu documents mostly translated from Nepali, Newari, Sanskrit and Tibetan)
Scope & Content:
Description of Bodhgaya by Amritananda, description of Dharmadhatumandala (Buddhism), courts (adālats) of the city, description of Kagyur (bKa'-'gyur), Newar wedding banquets, notes on King Brahmadatta (?), notes on Swayambhunath chaitya, Newar religion, name list of streets and gates of Kathman...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Undetermined
Date Range:
1826
Extent:
Unspecified

103. Mss Eur Hodgson/102

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Mss Eur Hodgson/102
Title:
Buddhism, legal system, topography (routes), economy (revenue and taxation, agriculture), Buddhist and Hindu manuscript books (Persian and Urdu documents mostly translated from Nepali, Newari, Sanskrit and Tibetan)
Scope & Content:
Newar Buddhist monasteries; economy, traditions and customs, description of the Dharmadhatumandala, courts of Nepal: crimes and punishments, agricultural calendar of the Valley, tale of Simraungadh, route to Lhasa by Abdul Rasol and Muktar Beg, route from Nepal (Kathmandu) west to Sabathu, list ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Undetermined
Date Range:
1820-1856
Extent:
Unspecified

104. Mss Eur Hodgson/103

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Mss Eur Hodgson/103
Title:
Buddhism, Hinduism, society and ethnography; Hindu castes and tribes, army, economy; tax, agriculture, salaries, topography (routes), account of Nepal's war with British India and some of the bordering states of India (Persian and Urdu documents mostly
Scope & Content:
Description of different sects of Buddhist monks, accounts of sati ceremonies observed in 1826, 1830 and 1845 AD, list of Hindu and Buddhist deities, list of Hindu castes and tribes and various sects of each caste, Buddhism, Buddhist philosophy, abstracts of 19th chapter of the Prajnāpārmitā, tr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Undetermined
Date Range:
1825-1845
Extent:
Unspecified

105. Mss Eur Hodgson/104

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Hodgson/104
Title:
Economy, topography, legal system, history, list of manuscripts (Persian and Urdu documents mostly translated from Nepali, Newari, Sanskrit and Tibetan)
Scope & Content:
Some Persian terms, letters related to land revenue and prices of commodities, routes from Kathmandu and distances between various villages, revenue from Saptari and Mahottari (VE 1886), description of Morang district by Jatanlal (March 1842), revenue from five other provinces of the Tarai (1840...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Undetermined
Date Range:
1820s-1840s
Extent:
Unspecified