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71. Mss Eur Hodgson/67

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Hodgson/67
Title:
Revenue and taxation: Bhaktapur, continued from Volume 66
Scope & Content:
Revenue and Taxation: land tax record of Bhaktapur (Bhādgāun) for the years VE 1875 and 1878 listed by ward and household, with details of the taxable property.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Undetermined
Date Range:
1830
Extent:
Unspecified

72. Mss Eur Hodgson/93

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Hodgson/93
Title:
Genealogies, chronicles, religion, ethnic, revenue, topography (Persian and Urdu manuscripts mostly translated from Nepali)
Scope & Content:
Genealogies, chronicles (vaṃśāvalis), Buddhist philosophy (both Newari and Tibetan), sketch drawing of Svayambhunath, revenue record, religious pilgrimage centres Causaṭhṭhiliṃga (sixty-four Hindu Śaiva pilgrimage centers) of Nepal, routes and stations, ethnic communities (castes of Newar and hi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Undetermined
Date Range:
1839
Extent:
Unspecified

73. Mss Eur Hodgson/3

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Hodgson/3
Title:
Routes, itineraries, lists of places, maps (labelled as topography)
Scope & Content:
Mainly routes, itineraries, list of places, sketch maps and some other items related to the history of Newar rulers, religion, population and households of Kathmandu and Morang, copies of official letters. Many of the itineraries included in this volume are copies of those included in Volume 2.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Undetermined
Date Range:
1833-1842
Extent:
Unspecified

74. Mss Eur Hodgson/4

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Hodgson/4
Title:
Newar ethnography, Buddhist deities, geography and routes to Peking
Scope & Content:
Although this volume was entitled ethnography and topography during its binding in the 1920s, the items included do not fully match the title. The so-called ethnography section includes Hodgson's very general description of the Newars but on the reverse of some of the folios, there is also mater...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Undetermined
Date Range:
1828
Extent:
Unspecified

75. Mss Eur Hodgson/35

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Hodgson/35
Title:
Ethnic languages of the Himalaya: Newari, Lepcha and Limbu
Scope & Content:
Comparative vocabulary, scripts, rough sketch of the essays on languages published in the Journal of the Asiatic Society, correspondence (several) with scholars engaged in the studies of ethnic languages of Asia.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Undetermined
Date Range:
1850-1855
Extent:
Unspecified

76. Mss Eur Hodgson/21

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Hodgson/21
Title:
Religion and philosophy, mostly Buddhist, some Hindu, rites and rituals
Scope & Content:
Translations of select Buddhist texts, Nepali Buddhist chronicles and legends, Buddhism (philosophy, practice and rituals), common Hindu and Buddhist deities, fairs, festivals and religious fasts of Nepal. Most of the translation, summary and notes in this volume are the work of one of Hodgson's...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Undetermined
Date Range:
1825-1837
Extent:
Unspecified

77. Mss Eur Hodgson/53

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Hodgson/53
Title:
Revenue, land system, taxes and trade, judicial, historical accounts
Scope & Content:
Documents related to state revenue, tax, land system, judicial system, trade and commerce, originals and copies of royal orders related to land, general historical accounts, law and justice, record of events, measurements of important forts and their distance from Kathmandu. For English summarie...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Undetermined
Date Range:
1830-1840
Extent:
Unspecified

78. Mss Eur Hodgson/44

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Hodgson/44
Title:
Routes and trails; itineraries, descriptions of historical buildings, temples
Scope & Content:
Routes and trails of Nepal measured in kos and hāt (length of the arm from elbow to fingertips) from Kathmandu; measurement, structural and cultural descriptions of major cities, historic buildings, forts, temples, bridges of Kathmandu Valley and some other areas of Nepal; itineraries along vari...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Undetermined
Date Range:
1832
Extent:
Unspecified

79. Mss Eur Hodgson/89

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Hodgson/89
Title:
Ethnic languages: Limbu, Hayu or Vayu, Thulung, Bantawa, Lohrung, Bahing
Scope & Content:
Languages and vocabularies of the languages listed in the title (ethnic languages).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Undetermined
Date Range:
1857
Extent:
Unspecified

80. Mss Eur Hodgson/102

Reference (shelfmark):
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