MSS EUR HODGSON/11 Law, institutes (law codes) and army 1830-1844
Nepali judicial system, army, list of former states and villages and towns with their distance from Kathmandu, revenue: general, statistics: Tarai, (Morang and Makawanpur) with important official orders (translated), law codes (institutes) or reforms, Jayasthi Malla's reforms, contemporary administrative offices.
1[vol.11 fol(s)1-50] The courts (adālat) 1830-1831 Machine-made paper, one separate pre-bound notebook.
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Nepali title and some other description on the cover page, articles published in the journals of the Asiatic Society of London and of Bengal containing similar subject-matter, types of court and their organisation and structure, judicial system, income from punishments, crimes and criminals. Some studies in question and answer form (ff. 29-50) [vol 06/02 fol.13-28][vol 06/07 fol.39-132][vol 12/01 fol.1-115][vol 59/27 fol.123][vol 60/07 fol.39-132][vol 60/28 fol.252-55] [Hodgson 1880:211-250][Hodgson_1834a :258-279, ][Hodgson_1834b:45-46 ][Hodgson_1836:94-134].
2[vol.11 fol(s)51-95b] Revenue: general, list of former states and towns, army distribution and expenses 1831, 1844 Machine-made paper, one separate pre-bound notebook.
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A note about the volume itself, revenue: general, list of subdued states, list of towns and villages with distance along the routes measured in kos from Kathmandu, official army list according to the pajanī of VS 1900 (1843 AD), expenditure on army.
3[vol.11 fol(s)96-101] Statistics and revenue: Tarai 1843 Machine-made paper, one separate pre-bound notebook.
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Nepali title and some other description on the cover page, Tarai revenue report on Morang in 1842, description of Makwanpur and Vijaypur states, royal orders (translated) dated 1834-1838. For original manuscript in Nepali and other manuscripts on similar subject matter, see [vol 53/01 fol.1-19][vol 07/13 fol.97-104] .
4[vol.11 fol(s)102-146] Institutes (law codes) of Newar and Gorkha 1843 Machine-made paper, one separate pre-bound notebook.
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A note about the volume itself and cross-referencing of similar subject-matter; institutes or codes of Malla and Shah rulers including the Newar caste system supposedly established by Jayasthiti Malla in 1395, Gorkhali code promulgated during the reign of Ranabahadur Shah. For original law codes (institutes or social reforms), see [vol 27/10 fol.74-88][vol 51/10 fol.176-180][vol 59/14 fol.62-65][vol 59/22 fol.93-96][vol 60/15 fol.159-164][vol 60/16 fol.165-167][vol 60/17 fol.168-70][vol 60/18 fol.171-172] .
5[vol.11 fol(s)147-189] Public offices in the capital, revenue and shops of Kathmandu and Patan 1844 Machine-made paper, one separate pre-bound notebook.
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Nepali title and bundle description on the cover page, note about the volume itself with the description of contents, government offices in Kathmandu, net revenue of the Kingdom for 1836, Tarai revenue for 1836, summary of revenue, shops and professions of Kathmandu and Patan.
6[vol.11 fol(s)190-264] Army 1843 Machine-made paper, one separate pre-bound notebook.
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A brief note on the volume itself with cross-referencing of similar papers, memorandum related to the Gorkha Army 1825, Bayley's queries related to the memorandum on the Nepal Army with answers, notes on military tribes, official roll of the Nepal Army 1836, details of salaries and other privileges of army personnel including khuvā-khāṅgi, official list of villages and towns assigned to army, military tribes, military history. For cross reference, see [vol 06/08 fol.157-180][vol 07/02 fol.3-30][vol 07/05 fol.33-57][vol 10/01 fol.1-59][vol 09/10, 15-23 fol.59-62,104-194] , army-related manuscripts in Nepali [vol 59/28 fol.126-142][vol 71/1,4-15,21-24 fol.1-132][vol 70/1 fol.1-44] [Hodgson_1833:217-224][Hodgson_1874:II, 37-44].