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Place Kathmandu, Nepal

71. EAP790/13

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP790/13
Title:
Anonymus Collector
Scope & Content:
This collector is from Kathmandu.This collection has only one manuscript. It is a manuscript of Goddess Durga. It is important for Hindus to perform religious ritual of the goddess. Extent: 1 file
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Nepali, Newari, and Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
53 TIFF images

72. EAP790/15

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP790/15
Title:
Mani Ratna Shakya Collection
Scope & Content:
This collection is in Itumbahal, Kathmandu. The collector is an astrologer and a Buddhist. The manuscripts were written and colleted by his ancestors. He inherited this collection. This collection has important Buddhist manuscripts. Extent: 16 files
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Nepali, Newari, and Sanskrit
Date Range:
16th century-18th century
Extent:
463 TIFF images

73. EAP790/18

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP790/18
Title:
Saundryavati Shakya Collection
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Nepali, Newari, and Sanskrit
Date Range:
16th century-20th century
Extent:
223 TIFF images

74. EAP790/19

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP790/19
Title:
Ratna Man Shakya Collection
Scope & Content:
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
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Nepali, Newari, and Sanskrit
Date Range:
16th century-17th century
Extent:
361 TIFF images

75. EAP790/21

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP790/21
Title:
Amrit Ratna Shakya Collection
Scope & Content:
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
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Nepali, Newari, and Sanskrit
Date Range:
16th century-20th century
Extent:
7197 TIFF images

76. EAP790/21/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP790/21/1
Title:
Astasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra
Scope & Content:
This is a Buddhist Sutra. Its subject is very profound concept of Buddhism i.e. the theory of Voidness. It is a Sutra in Sanskrit. Its script is Pracalit Newari. It was copied by Dhanasingh Vajracharya od Suratsri Mahavihara in Kathmandu. It was written in Nepal Samvat 816. It has one miniature ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
250 TIFF images

77. EAP838/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP838/1
Title:
Dirgha Man Collection of photographs [Late 1800s-mid 1940s] Ganesh Man Chitrakar [mid 1940s- early 1950s]
Scope & Content:
These glass plate negatives were taken by Dirgha Man (1877-1951) and Ganesh Man Chitrakar (1916-1985). They are interesting in the context of Nepal’s history as they were Court Photographers. Furthermore, Nepal did not open up to outside visitors until the early-1950s. The photographs that Dirgh...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 19th century-Mid 20th century
Extent:
5072 TIFF images

78. EAP838/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP838/1/1
Title:
Glass Plate Negatives (4.5" x 6.5")
Scope & Content:
Extent: 4.5" x 6.5".
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 19th century-Mid 20th century
Extent:
TIFF images

79. EAP838/1/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP838/1/1/1
Title:
Life in the Courts: Portraits and Ceremonies
Scope & Content:
Life in the Courts: Portraits and Ceremonies: The Ranas ruled Nepal from 1846 when Jung Bahadur Rana captured power from the Shah Kings and started a 104 year rule as hereditary Prime Ministers. As Dirgha Man started working in the courts since the late 19th century, Rana Portraits and Ceremonie...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 19th century-Mid 20th century
Extent:
290 TIFF images

80. EAP838/1/1/1/95

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP838/1/1/1/95
Title:
Scope & Content:
A state function at Singha Durbar.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s-1940s
Extent:
1 Tiff image

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