A small Hindu temple beneath a banyan tree, Bodhgaya
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A small Hindu temple beneath a banyan tree, Bodhgaya. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘A Hindu Temple and famous Banyan Tree at Bhood Gyah;’ on back in ink: ‘paid 12 rs the 15th April 1812.’ Gouache; 385 by 504 mm.Yellow border and black rules.
The Mahabodhi temple, Bodhgaya. By an Indian artist at Gaya, c.1810. Inscribed on back in ink: ‘Paid 14 Ans the 15th April 1812.’ Pencil; 480 by 345 mm. From the collection of James Chicheley Hyde (Add.Or.3188-3274). Presented by the Thomas Coram Foundation for Children, London, 1973. Note...
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 and correspondence between Palden Thondup Namgyal (Chogyal r.1965-1982) and various Political Officers (Sikkim) and Dewan
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Miscellaneous correspondence on a variety of subjects between Palden Thondup Namgyal (Chogyal r.1965-1982), Apa B. Pant and others. Original file reference: SPA/FA/IN/005. Extent of original material: 291 pages. This file contains the following 149 items: EAP880/1/2/16/1: Letter from B.K. Kapu...
Documents related to the Indo-Sikkim Treaty of 1950
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Documents regarding the draft treaty with Government of India, the draft stand-still agreement. Original file reference: SPA/FA/TR/016. Extent of original material: 1 page. This file contains the following 28 items: EAP880/1/2/64/1: Press release regarding Security Council's unanimous agreemen...
Correspondence between H.H. The 14th Dalai Lama and Palden Thondup Namgyal (Chogyal r.1965-1982)
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Correspondence regarding the Presidentship of the Maha Bodhi Society of India and the Tibetan refugees settled in Sikkim. Original file reference: SPA/RA/DL/003. Extent of original material: 36 pages. This file contains the following 27 items: EAP880/1/4/3/1: Telegram from Palden Thondup Namgy...
Tsikey Chokling Rinpoche's correspondence and death
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Correspondence between Palden Thondup Namgyal (Chogyal r.1965-1982) and Tsikey Chokling Rinpoche, and an account of Rinoche's death. Original file reference: SPA/RA/MS/008. Extent of original material: 31 pages. This file contains the following 16 items: EAP880/1/4/19/1: Tibetan document, 1965...
Correspondence regarding the repair of damaged images at Bodh Gaya
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Correspondence regarding a request to repair damaged images at Bodhgaya. Original file reference: SPA/RA/MS/018. Extent of original material: 10 pages. This file contains the following 6 items: EAP880/1/4/29/1: Tibetan notesheets regarding the repair of damaged images at Bodhgaya, 14 Dec 1931-...