MSS EUR HODGSON/6 Ethnography, towns, villages and households of the Kathmandu Valley, trade, law, army 1831-1841
		Different ethnic groups of Nepal, law and legal practice, the judicial system and police, towns, villages and households of the Kathmandu Valley, the Nepal army, measurement of Nepal's military road connecting the Eastern and Western frontiers, a report on the commerce of Nepal, Nepali paper making. The title description in English reads "Tribes of people, judicial system, trade, army, topography" and the Nepali reads "thar-tharko, adālatko, phaujako vayān." In the Nepali, there is mention of the original box and Item number (2 and 12 respectively). All manuscripts in this volume are copies and most of them have been published. The volume is bound with a leather cover on which Nepali and English title descriptions of the volume have been written by Hodgson.
		1[vol.6 fol(s)1-12b] Origin and classification of the Military tribes of Nepal 10-1832 Machine-made paper, in good condition, fair writing; 2 folios unrelated to military tribes.
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				Tabular view of family names of different ethnic groups including Brahman, Khasa, Magar and Gurung. Folio 1 has only a title description written in pencil and ff. 10-11 are from a different group of manuscripts relating to trade. Cross reference for another copy of this manuscript [vol 09/10 fol.59-62,] [Hodgson_1833:217-224, ][Hodgson_1874:37-44].
		2[vol.6 fol(s)13-28] Hodgson's notes on Law and Legal Practice in Nepal concerning adultery and sexual relations between a Hindu and an outcast 1832 Machine-made paper, in good condition, fair writing.
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				Original manuscript of an article published in Miscellaneous Essays Relating to Indian Subjects, Volume II." The article was originally entitled "Note by Mr. Hodgson upon the Law and legal practice of Nepal in matters of adultery and sexual commerce between a Hindoo and Outcast" [Hodgson_1880:II, 236-250]. Cross reference [vol 06/07 fol.81-156][vol 11/01 fol.1-50][vol 12/01 fol.1-115][vol 54/01 fol.1-115][vol 54/04 fol.126-166][vol 59/27 fol.123][vol 60/07 fol.39-132][vol 60/28 fol.252-55] .
		3[vol.6 fol(s)28-33] Towns, villages and houses of the Valley of Nepal proper (Kathmandu Valley) 1832 Machine-made paper, fine writing and in excellent condition.
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				A list containing the number of households in each town and village in the valley, arranged by four cardinal directions from the capital; a brief account of how household data was collected. Cross reference for other manuscripts in English and Nepali dealing with similar subjects [vol 03/15 fol.139-148][vol 59/06 fol.9-10] .
		4[vol.6 fol(s)33-41b] Measurement of the great military road extending throughout the centre of Nepal, from the Eastern to the Western frontier 1832 Machine-made paper, fine writing and in excellent condition, addenda and note in pencil by Hodgson.
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				Place names at one-kos intervals (i.e. a place name every kos), both eastwards and westwards from Hanumandhoka Palace in Kathmandu. Remarks on the measurement, the official assignment of kos distance from the capital and special terms and names related to routes or journeys [vol 02/07 fol.49-53] .
		5[vol.6 fol(s)42-76] Letter from Hodgson to George Swinton, Political Secretary to the Government, regarding the commerce of Nepal 12-1831 Machine-made paper, in very fine condition.
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				Published versions of these documents have been supplemented with footnotes written later:
				ff. 42-48: 15-page descriptive covering letter attached to documents on "The Commerce of Nepal", [Hodgson_1874:90-97];
				ff. 49-57: "On the Trade of Nepal" (first published in 1857 in a volume of "Selections from the Records of the Government of Bengal, No. XXVI") [Hodgson_1874:97-104];
				ff. 57-68: "Imports of Goods from the Plains in 1830-31"[Hodgson_1874: 105-113];
				ff. 58-73: "Export of Tibetan and Nepalese goods to the Plains in 1830-31" [Hodgson_1874:114-121];
				ff. 74-76: "Enumeration of the Principal Native and foreign Merchants of Nepal Proper, with a conjectural estimate of the trading capital of each." Almost identical copies of the same material described here can be found in Volume 14 but the title is slightly different [vol 14/17 fol.177b-207, 219-318][vol 60/14 fol.157-58] .
		6[vol.6 fol(s)77-81] Letter from Hodgson to H. T. Prinsep regarding a sample of Nepali paper and paper making in Nepal 12-1831 Machine-made paper, very fine condition.
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				Covering letter and attached note on paper making in Nepal [Hodgson_1880:257-??? ][vol 06/09 fol.181-184][vol 14/16 fol.172] .
		7[vol.6 fol(s)81b-156] Judicial system and police of Nepal 09-1831 Machine-made paper, very fine condition.
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				Information, frequently presented in question and answer form, including types of courts, list of principal crimes and punishments, law and regulations, comparison between the judicial system of the Newars and hill people [Hodgson_1880:212-250, ][vol 06/07 fol.81-156][vol 11/01 fol.1-50][vol 12/01 fol.21-115][vol 54/01 fol.1-115][vol 54/04 fol.126-166][vol 59/27 fol.123][vol 60/07 fol.39-132][vol 60/28 fol.252-55] .
		8[vol.6 fol(s)157-180] Survey of the Nepal Army 01-1838 Machine-made paper, very fine condition.
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				A list giving names of regiments with their location and strength for each rank, names and positions of officers and soldiers, a list of military officers and of rajgurus with some evaluatory remarks (ff. 165b-167), details of artillery strength and other miscellaneous information on the army including military discipline, jāgir system during 1836-1837; descriptive note by Campbell with his signature and the words 'abstract disposition return of the Nepal Army in January 1838', cross reference [vol 06/08 fol.157-180][vol 07/02 fol.3-30][vol 07/05 fol.33-57][vol 09/17 fol.107-144][vol 10/01 fol.1-59][vol 11/06 fol.190-264] [Whelpton_1991:209-210].
		9[vol.6 fol(s)181-184] Campbell's letter to J. R. Colvin from Darjeeling 07-1841 Machine-made paper, very fine condition.
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				At the request of Lord Auckland, Hodgson sent a group of Nepalis skilled in traditional local paper making. A. Campbell reports at length on the arrival of the 5-member party in Darjeeling and his enquiries and experiments, reports include monthly salaries fixed for those Nepalis, cross reference [vol 06/06 fol.77-81][vol 14/16 fol.172] .