MSS EUR HODGSON/3 Routes, itineraries, lists of places, maps (labelled as topography) 1833-1842
		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.
		1 [vol.3 fol(s)1-4] A sketch map of the northeast boundary of the United States of America, as settled by treaty, 9 August 1842 1840s Machine-made paper, printed.
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				This is a sketch map of the US-Canada boundary as defined by the Webster-Ashburton Treaty. Perhaps used as a sample by Hodgson for sketching maps in general and particularly of the Kathmandu Valley and the Eastern and Northern boundary areas. There are rough sketch maps of the Nepal-Tibet and Nepal-Sikkim borders in the Hodgson manuscripts.
		2 [vol.3 fol(s)2-4 verso] Sketch maps of the Nuwakot and Palpa (Tansen) areas 1830s Machine-made paper, rough pencil sketch by Hodgson.
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				Shows routes, streams and rivers, mountains and major places.
		3 [vol.3 fol(s)5-17b] Routes from and to Kathmandu 1830s Machine-made paper, Hodgson's rough writing.
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				Place names with distances in kos covering Kathmandu-Lhasa, Kathmandu-Eastern frontier Kaphalpani, Almora-Kathmandu, Kathmandu-confluence of Satlaj and Pajnakhola, (Mortimer's Itinerary), Kathmandu-Makwanpur and Chure (Churiya, Curiā) and Kathmandu-Satlaj; cross reference [vol 02/15 fol.90] .
		4 [vol.3 fol(s)18-21] Route from Residency in Kathmandu northwestwards to Timirya (Timure in Rasuwa district?) 1830s Machine-made paper, fine writing by Campbell, pencil corrections by Hodgson.
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				Details of route (27 kos) from the main entrance of the Residency to a place called Timiryā located northwest of the Kathmandu Valley. Identification of the destination is uncertain but the route might be the one to Gyas.
		5 [vol.3 fol(s)22-28] Route from Kathmandu to Sanga bridge on the Trishuli River at Nuwakot 1830s Machine-made paper, Hodgson's rough writing.
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				Details of route described in continuous narrative with distances in kos including Nigwananda's account of Nuwakot and notes on Majhi, Danuwar, Darai, Kumhal, Bramu and Magar ethnic communities, including information on customs and manners, areas of settlement and language.
		6 [vol.3 fol(s)29-42] Different important routes to and from Kathmandu up to Kuti and Lhasa 1830s Machine-made paper, Campbell's fine writing, first folio is missing.
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				Details of routes described in a continuous narrative with distances in kos: from Dolkha to Banepa, Kathmandu to Sindhuli, Panauti to Hariharpur, Hariharpur to Panauti by another trail, Nepal to Lhasa with list of officials of Tibet, Kuti to Pingling Gompa, Kathmandu to Muktinath, Nepal (Kathmandu) to Limbuwan with brief ethnographic description of Limbu and Kirata tribes; cross reference [vol 02/12 fol.63-66] .
		7 [vol.3 fol(s)43-68] Routes from Darjeeling and Nepal (Kathmandu) to China 1833 Nepali hand-made paper.
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				Details of routes shown in table form with distances in kos and hours including names of major places for overnight halts (vāsa in Nepali). Names of major ridges, bridges, forts and passes along the route are included.
		8 [vol.3 fol(s)69-114] Commercial and other routes from Nepal (Kathmandu), sketch maps and incoherent brief notes on different subjects 1830-1842 Mostly machine-made and some Nepali hand-made paper of different small sizes, some fine and some in rough hands.
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				ff. 69-79: Commercial routes from Nepal to the plains;
				f. 80: Pencil sketch map of Nuwakot and Gosainthan area;
				ff. 83-86: Administrative divisions of Nepal;
				ff. 87-90: Himalayan passes in Western Tibet;
				f. 98: Document dated 25 July 1841 with calculations of probable date of entry of Shah dynasty's ancestors into hills (1160 suggested) with mention of `Jiloh Sah', `Darba Sha' (i.e. Drabya Shah) and `the conqueror' (Prithvinarayan Shah);
				f. 92: Hodgson's own note on 'Aśoka Lāṭh' (Ashokan pillar) in the Tarai describing distance from Betiya and details of the monument and of others in the vicinity. The Ashokan pillar described by Hodgson may not be the one identified and studied by Fuhrer in 1896 [Fuhrer_1897:??];
				ff. 93-95: Notes on the Tarai;
				f. 96: Route with stages from the Residency to Gosainthan;
				f. 97: Cover page of the essay entitled "Commercial routes and frontier Marts 1834", but the actual text of the essay is missing;
				ff. 99-103: Notes on Tekira Lake, route from Mechi to the capital of Sikkim, pencil sketch map of the Ilam area;
				ff. 104-105: Lists of different places in the hills of Nepal;
				ff. 106-114: Notes on routes to the Tarai from the Nuwakot area.
				Includes Nepali title description (f. 97) "bāṭoko byān".
		9 [vol.3 fol(s)115-124] Letter from Archibald Campbell to Hodgson sent from Darjeeling 1841 Machine-made paper, fine condition, Campbell's fair hand.
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				Routes from Bigsonlea (spelling `Bisonleah' also used) to Mechi and general descriptions of the Nepal Tarai, including people, culture, geography, economy.
		10 [vol.3 fol(s)125-138] Descriptive list of chaityas and sculptures Machine-made paper, fine writing, beginning to Item 6 of the description is missing.
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				Appears to be a fragment of a translation (probably from Newar) of a description or series of captions relating to chaityas and sculptures from around the Dhandhwa Chaitya (stupa in the Chabahil area); includes descriptions of 15 items. Hodgson's sketches of similar caityas with descriptive captions can be found in the print and drawing section of the British Library [Losty_2004:111-132]BL:IO San 3976f.
		11 [vol.3 fol(s)13-133] Account of Newar rulers and Newar religion Machine-made paper.
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				Compilation of popular legends relating to Harisimhadeva, Goddess Tulaja, migration of Karnatas to Bhaktapur, with a note stating that the material was acquired from the palace.
		12 [vol.3 fol(s)134] Report on Morang District March 1842 Machine-made paper.
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				Jatanlal's report briefly covering the people, religion and culture, territory, products, revenue and tax. Jatanlal was Hodgson's Research Assistant working and reporting from the Morang and Saptari-Mahottari areas of Nepal's Tarai.
		13 [vol.3 fol(s)135-137] Route from Kathmandu to Limbuwan and some notes on Limbu customs 1840 Machine-made paper.
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				Description of the route to the Limbuwan area and a brief note on Kiranti and Limbu people and cultures, field notes by Hodgson's assistant [vol 02/12 fol.63-66] [Hodgson_1859:350-371,][Dhungel_2006: 52-53].
		14 [vol.3 fol(s)138] Routes into and out of the hills, malaria Machine-made paper, Hodgson's rough notes.
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				Description of places and routes in the Tarai where malaria exists.
		15 [vol.3 fol(s)139-148b] Population of the Great Valley (Kathmandu) Machine-made paper.
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				Information on population, towns, villages, houses of the Kathmandu Valley in a survey done by Hodgson's people. For other manuscripts in English and Nepali dealing with similar subjects, see [vol 06/03 fol.26-33] [vol 59/06 fol.9-10] ; Nepali title description.
		16 [vol.3 fol(s)149-208b] Statistics and Revenue: Villages and population of Nepal according to the record ofsāune-phāgutaxes
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				Statistics and revenue from the Government record of VE 1877-1878 (CE 1820), includes title description in Nepali. Cross reference [vol 06/03 fol.26-33] [vol 03/15 fol.139-48] .
		17 [vol.3 fol(s)209-264] Sketch of the Kingdom of Nepal 1834, 1844 Machine-made paper, Hodgson's writing.
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				An essay written by Hodgson for a friend in 1834. Errors and omissions discovered after a decade or so by Hodgson himself with mention of another essay written in 1844.
		18 [vol.3 fol(s)265-270] Hodgson's letter sent from Darjeeling to John Russell Colvin, Resident in Nepal 05-02-1846 Machine-made paper.
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				About the disputed succession to the jamindāri of Ramnagar (a frontier district occupied by the Nepalis in 1840 and abandoned later under British pressure) and the Rajputs of the Hills of Nepal).
				The formal titles (in Nepali, prasasti) of Ram Shah of Gorkha collected from different local chronicles including the Gorkhāvaṃśāvali[Pant_1985: 86, 103, 975-976].
		19 [vol.3 fol(s)271-349] Memorandum on the road from Hetauda by the Sakhtikholā to Dhaka on the Sarun frontier, and several other routes, mainly starting from Kathmandu 1838 Machine-made paper, different writings, corrections and addenda, signed by Campbell in several places.
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				Description of a popular route used by the mission under Mathbarsingh Thapa to Calcutta in 1835 written by Archibald Campbell, Assistant Resident, with title "Appendix No. 1";
				Use of Hamilton's and Kirkpatrick's work regarding principal routes of Nepal;
				Kirkpatrick's route from Munairy to Kathmandu and back to Sugauli;
				Routes from Kathmandu to Vijaypur;
				Frontier forts and military stations;
				Memorandum of information received from various persons regarding the roads leading to the hills of Nepal;
				Routes into the Great Valley (Kathmandu);
				Routes to Darjeeling via Ilam[Hodgson_1848a: 634-646];
				Routes from Kathmandu to Tarai via Chisapani and back to Sindhuli (used by royal priest in VE 1895);
				Route from Nepal to Lhasa;
				Route from Dolkha to Banepa;
				Route from Kathmandu to Hariharpur and return via Panauti;
				Route from the south of the Kathmandu Valley to Hariharpur and back via Panauti. Cross reference for similar material [vol 07/27 fol.195] [vol 02/10 fol.57-58] [vol 02/14 fol.87-90] [vol 02/15 fol.90-99] .
		20 [vol.3 fol(s)350-351verso] Sketch map of the Bagmati Valley 1841 Scrap paper, in pencil and ink, signed by Hodgson with date.
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				Map showing routes, mountains and rivers.
		21 [vol.3 fol(s)352-354] Routes from Kathmandu to Hariharpur, Makwanpur 1930s Scrap paper, Hodgson's rough notes.
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				Routes with distances in kos to Bhimphedi, Makwanpur, Bhainse-dobhan, Bhainsekhani village, Tistung-Palung, Chitlang, Kathmandu-Hariharpur via Panauti. Cross reference to [vol 02/14 fol.87-90] [vol 02/15 fol.94-99] .
		22 [vol.3 fol(s)355-358] Routes continued, Hodgson's letter to John Russell Colvin and enclosures 1841 Machine-made paper, Hodgson's rough notes and Campbell's fine writing.
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				Gives details of different routes connecting Kathmandu, Makwanpur, Hariharpur, Chitwan and routes from Devīghāṭ to Deoghāṭ, Kathmandu Hanumandhoka (royal palace) to Upardanggadhi, Kathmandu to Katuwalpauwa along the national mile-stoned way (principal East-West trail with mile stones indicating distances in kos) [vol 02/14 fol.87-90] [vol 02/15 fol.90-99] .
		23 [vol.3 fol(s)359-359b] Explanation of hill terms frequently used in routes and itineraries of Nepal Machine-made paper, corrections and addenda.
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				Hill terms (examples: ghāṭ, dovān, lekh, bhañjyāṅ, deurāli, pāṭi, pauvā, cautārī ukāli and orāli) and their translation, Hodgson's signature at the bottom [vol 02/16 fol.110-111] .
		24 [vol.3 fol(s)360-375] Routes continued 1843 Machine-made paper.
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				Description of routes in kos from north of Bisonlea to Kathmandu via Chakara-makra and Chitlang, Kathmandu to Hariharpurgadhi via Patan. Bhikhārī's account of route from Bisonlea to Chitlang, corrected route south from Kathmandu to Hariharpurgaḍhī via Patan, sketch map of Bagmati Valley showing different routes, routes to plains (Tarai). Bhikhārī might be a fakīr or jogī possibly the trail guide to Captain Kinloch who had travelled along these routes himself. Kinloch's diary in the British Library mentions a fakīr (bhikhārī or jogī) named Ramdas as his route guide. Ramdas was employed by Jayprakash Malla of Kathmandu (BL Mss. Eur F128 Item 140, Journal of George Kinloch on the expedition to Nepal). For another copy of Bhikhārī's account of routes between Kathmandu and Hariharpur [vol 02/18 fol.113] and for detailed description of routes connecting southern plains of Nepal and the capital Kathmandu, see cross reference [vol 02/02 fol.24] .