MSS EUR HODGSON/45 General Mathabarsingh Thapa's account of Gorkha Kings and Nepal 1842
		History of Gorkha rulers and account of Nepal under the Shah rulers of Nepal up to the time of Rajendrabikram Shah.
		1[vol.45 fol(s)long scroll] General Mathbarsingh Thapa's Account of the Gorkha Kings and Nepal (genealogical history of the Shah dynasty) 1842 Nepali hand-made paper pasted on cotton, one very long roll (scroll), probably one of the longest scrolls providing a continuous narrative record of the genealogical and chronological history of the country.
				Nepali
				Genealogical history of Nepal under the Gorkha rulers with a detailed description of major events in the country, mainly focussing on the period from Prithvinarayan Shah onwards. Collected, verified and compiled under the command of General Mathabarsingh Thapa. Hodgson's title description in English is "Vamsavali Gorkhali, Prithi Narain to Ran Bahadur given by Sir Mortimer."
				Micro-filmed by the Library in 1954. For Hodgson's English incomplete translation of this account, see [vol 17/02 fol.168-72][vol 18/04 fol.15-26] .
				The beginning of the account provides clear evidence for a Nepali notion of historiography very similar to that of Kalhaṇa's Rājataraṅginī (a 12th century verse history of Kashmir), with awareness of the need for verification of historical facts.
				The text begins with homage to God, then covers philosophy of good and bad karma, ideals of society, ethics and morality; the introductory description includes the purpose, circumstances and method of collecting historical information and the writing of the text together with a mention of General Mathbarsingh Thapa as the compiler (it must in fact have been compiled under the sponsorship and command of Mathbarsingh Thapa rather than by him personally);
				Hodgson's note in English states that it was originally given to the King (Rajendrabikram) by Mathabarsingh Thapa, and made available to Hodgson by a person named Sir Mortimer, a British official who had submitted reports concerning routes some time before Hodgson prepared his own note on routes and itineraries of Nepal, see [vol 03/04 fol.5-17] ;
				Mostly a brief genealogical description with only a little historical information until the time of Narabhupal Shah, but from the time of Prithvi Narayan Shah a very extensive account of historical events including Gorkha's military campaigns;
				The account ends with the appointment of Bhimsen Thapa as mukhtiyār in 1806 and with eulogies of him;
				Much new historical information not recorded or not fully and clearly discussed in published sources, including: dispute with Digbandhan Sen and one year house arrest of P.N. Shah in Makwanpur[Hasrat_1970:133-134]; P.N. Shah's cordial meeting with Chinese envoy Chyan-chun at Deughat (Devighat, Nuwakot) when the latter was returning from Delhi and his arrangements for treatment of the envoy's serious illness; P.N. Shah's deceitful letters addressed to several high-ranking ministers and the queen mother of Kathmandu, pretending to be written in response to their non-existent letters supposedly sent from Kantipur describing troubles caused by Jayprakash Malla's misrule and asking for P.N. Shah's help [Hasrat_1970:140]; rescue of P.N. Shah after a setback in fighting at Danchi by a Jyapu farmer, who carried the wounded king on his back to the palace of the King of Bhaktapur (P.N. Shah's ritual father) [Hasrat_1970:141]; how an incident involving P.N. Shah's Newar concubine from Patan precipitated his treacherous seizure of the king of Tanahu [Hasrat_1970:142]; rescue of P.N. Shah by the Putuvars (Rajbahaks) following his first attack on Kirtipur, when the wounded king was carried and handed over to a trusted Gorkhali official, Jaikrishna Thapa, who carried him on his back and reached the Gorkhali camp at Dahachok fort (these incidents are briefly and rather unclearly described in the account published by Hasrat [Hasrat_1970:90, 143)]; establishment of a Pande-Thapa matrimonial relation by the effort of P.N. Shah, (Tularam Pade's daughter married to Dambar Thapa, son of Jasram Thapa); dispute with Makwanpur over P.N. Shah's demand for three special elephants (with names of each) along with the diamond necklace known as naulākh hirāko hār, imprisonment of the king's brother-in-law, Digbandhan Sen, in Nuwakot [Hasrat_1970:143-144], mentions only one elephant; ritual friendship between Tularam Pande of Gorkha and Kaji Dhanawant of Kantipur ([Hasrat_1970:140]); confirmation of the punishment of the people of Kirtipur by cutting off their noses and P.N. Shah's threat to inflict the same punishment on the people of Patan; names of different new administrative positions, conviction of Tantrik Acharyas from Patan for involvement in the sudden demise of King Pratapsingh Shah (reigned 1775-1777) and execution of the Acharyas by the official command of young King Ranabahadur Shah (reigned 1777-1799, died 1806); information on 15,000 Hindu and Buddhist manuscript volumes in pothi form taken away by Colonel Kirkpatrick from Kathmandu; forced retirement of Regent Bahadur Shah with a pension of Rs.125,000; downfall and death of Bahadur Shah and a widely-believed rumour that this was the result of his sin for destroying Vasundhara (the Buddhist goddess of abundance) by having all the cultivated land in Nepal measured (in original Nepali "nepālabharakā kheta napāi vasundharāko anta garyāko pāpale Bahadura Śāha vandhanamā pari marnubhayo bhani duniyān bhanna lāge"), a reference to his survey of agricultural land and confiscation of plots deemed to be held illegally [Bajracharya_1992:193-200]; [M.C._Regmi_1978:337, 153]; introduction of the Malla palace of Bhaktapur with fifty-five-windows (pacapanna jhyāle darabāra) as the palace with fifty-one-windows (ekāunna jhyāle); the exploits, during the reign of P.N. Shah, of a miraculously skilled and clever thief, Aithama (Ḍugu) of Patan, who used to harass government officials by always evading capture even though he announced the place, day and time of the intended theft in advance, but who was finally summoned by the king and treacherously executed; re-entry of Jayaprakash Malla into the palace of Bhaktapur through the entrance or gate known assokaṃbuḍhokā.