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Mss Eur Hodgson/103
- Record Id:
- 040-003416792
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002305420
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100061252971.0x000402
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur Hodgson/103
- Title:
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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:
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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, tri-ratna, tri-yāna, Pancha Buddha, details of pay for the army and civil officials, routes from Kathmandu to Timure dated 1842, short treatise on the agriculture of the Newars, pencil sketch map of Nepal, accounts of salaries and various payments to officers and army personnel, taxes and duties, salaries and grants to be paid to soldiers, castes and customs of the hill people of Nepal, description of wars fought between Nepal and Nawaab of Murshidabad and other rulers of Bihar (1711-1756 AD), description of British invasion of Nepal and Anglo-Nepal War and Lord Hastings' supposed visit in June 1814 (?), various Hindu castes of Nepal.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002305420
040-003416792 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur Hodgson : Brian Houghton Hodgson papers.
Mss Eur Hodgson/103 : Buddhism, Hinduism, society and ethnography; Hindu castes and tribes, army, economy; tax, agriculture, salaries,… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002305420[0103]/040-003416792
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur Hodgson
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Unspecified
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Undetermined
- Scripts:
- Undetermined
- Start Date:
- 1825
- End Date:
- 1845
- Date Range:
- 1825-1845
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)