MSS EUR HODGSON/4 Newar ethnography, Buddhist deities, geography and routes to Peking 1828
		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 material on Buddhist texts and deities under the title "Buddha Scriptures of Nepal" (ff. 74b-63b). The third section of this volume is a general geographical account of Nepal, while the fourth and final sections exclusively cover routes to Tibet and Peking. All items in this volume were written in four pre-bound notebooks, in most cases with a Nepali title and the original shipment number in the Nepali language and script on the cover pages of each.
		1 [vol.4 fol(s)1-28] The Newar tribe 1828 31.5x19.5 cm.; this is the first notebook (ff 8-28) bound in this volume, machine-made paper, Hodgson's writing with natural black ink but most of the addenda and corrections in pencil, rough notes with lots of corrections, one pre-bound notebook, good condition.
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				A continuous narrative on the customs and manners of the Newars, describing mainly the ceremonies and rituals related to birth, marriage and death.
				ff. 1-7: Birth;
				ff. 7-19: Marriage;
				ff. 19-28: Death.
				At the beginning of the note, there is important information about the informant given in parenthesis in Romanised Nepali and reading "mārphat Citrakāra" (literally "through a Chitrakar"). Chitrakar is a Newar painter caste, and Hodgson's official painter was Rajman Singh, possibly the father of Bhajuman Singh, the official painter of Jang Bahadur Rana. Bhajuman had painted the portrait of Jang Bahadur which was originally given as a gift to the India Office Library and is now preserved in the reading room of the Asia and Africa Collection of the British Library. Rajman was the artist responsible for most of Hodgson's collection of ornithological, zoological, architectural and ethnographic drawings and paintings[Losty_2004: 82-102].
		2 [vol.4 fol(s)29-75] The Newars 1828 31.5x19.5 cm.; this is the second notebook bound in this volume, machine-made paper, Hodgson's writing with natural black ink but most of the addenda and corrections in pencil, rough notes with lots of corrections, one pre-bound notebook, good condition.
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				Descriptions of different Hindu and Buddhist Newar ethnic groups, subgroups, 'castes', 'subcastes', under the general title "Classification of the Newars", including popular legends related to their origin.
				The cover page of this notebook has a Nepali title description which reads "nevārakā varṇan" and which can be translated as "description of the Newars". The inner cover page has information on the arrival date and place of origin of two important deities of Nepal, Taleju and Matsyendranath[vol 99/02 fol.2-7] [vol 18/10 fol.158-75] [vol 59/13 fol.56-59] .
		3 [vol.4 fol(s)74b-63b] Buddha Scriptures of Nepal 1828 Same as Item 2 above, except that it is written on the back pages of the folios mentioned above.
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				A list of major Buddhist scriptures, divided into 12 categories.
				ff. 74b-75b: Names of 12 categories of scriptures with an introduction to each;
				ff. 73b-63b: Descriptions of 73 different scriptures [Hodgson_1874:11-22].
		4 [vol.4 fol(s)76-121b+one page before f. 76] An account of the physical and political geography of Nepal 1828 31.5x19.5 cm., this is the third notebook bound in this volume, machine-made paper, Hodgson's rough notes mostly in pencil but with some natural ink, in good condition.
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				ff. 76-79: Extent: general;
				ff. 80-84: Extent: natural and administrative divisions;
				ff. 85-90: Nepal's situation: general account of physical and political aspects;
				ff. 91-104: Natural divisions on the basis of river basins, and the length and breadth of the Kingdom (from west to east and south to north);
				ff. 104-116: Administrative divisions (specific);
				ff. 116-119: Major Himalayan passes;
				ff. 119-121b: Principal tribes and languages[Hodgson_1874: 1-36].
		5 [vol.4 fol(s)122-160] Routes to Tibet and Peking in China 31.5x19.5 and 29x19.5 cm.; this is the fourth notebook bound in this volume, two types of machine-made paper (thick and thin), fine condition, first part of the item (ff. 122-142) seems to be Campbell's writing, while the second part (143a-160) is Hodgson's own fair hand in natural black ink; last two ff. of the second part and the corrections and addenda to the first part are written in pencil.
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				The cover page includes a Nepali title in Nāgari "bāṭo-bāṭoko varṇan" (description of routes) with a mixture of some Bengali writing.
				ff. 122-142 (original pp. 1-41): Route from Kathmandu to Peking in kos and divided into 138 stages with names given in Farsi as well as Latin script; written by an Indian who had accompanied the 1817-1818 Nepali mission to China led by Ranjor Thapa [Manandhar_2004:II, 12-13].
				ff. 143a-158: Route from Kathmandu to Tajedo in Tibet with some occasional remarks by an Ameer of Kashmiri origin who was an interpreter to Nepali traders going to Tajedo, copied by Hodgson.
				ff. 159-160: Routes from Bhaktapur to Gyangje in Tibet and Nepal to China, written in pencil by Hodgson.