MSS EUR HODGSON/54 Law and justice, administration and history 1830-1831
Questions and answers on Nepal's courts, legal system, land revenue contracts and genealogical lists of the Kings of the Kathmandu Valley.
1[vol.54 fol(s)1-115] Nepali courts and the legal system 1830-1831 Nepali hand-made paper.
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Nepali
Questions and answers on different types of courts, system of justice (criminal and civil), laws for different ethnic groups regarding ancestral property (92-115) [vol 06/02 fol.13-28][vol 06/07 fol.81-156][vol 11/01 fol.1-50][vol 12/01 fol.1-115][vol 54/04 fol.126-166][vol 59/27 fol.123][vol 60/28 fol.252-255] ,[Hodgson_1834:45-46, ][Hodgson_1834:258-279, ][Hodgson_1836:94-134].
2[vol.54 fol(s)116-125] Land revenue contracts 1831 Nepali hand-made paper.
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Nepali
Land contract system, special contract system for the Garhwal region, revenue.
3[vol.54 fol(s)125] Duties of Kotawāl and Head Kotwal of a court 1831 Nepali hand-made paper.
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Nepali
As described in the title.
4[vol.54 fol(s)126-166] System of law and justice 1831 Machine-made paper.
Nepali
32 major questions related to law and justice, list of 32 major punishable sins or misdeeds, a separate note on criminal cases and answers to 15 additional questions related to the legal system. For another manuscript of similar subject matter, see Item 1, ff. 1-115 above and for published essays by Hodgson, see [vol 06/02 fol.13-28][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 59/27 fol.123][vol 60/07 fol.39-132][vol 60/28 fol.252-55] . At around this time, Hodgson sent two papers on the legal system to Calcutta and these were archived as Political Consultations No. 10 of 10/12/1830 and No. 17 of 17/12/1830. See also the discussions drawing on Hodgson's studies of the administrative and legal systems in [Adhikary_1984:??] and [Edwards_1975:??] 10/12/30 No. 10 and also to PC17/12/30 No. 17.[Hodgson_1834:45-46, ][Hodgson_1834:258-279, ][Hodgson_1836:94-134].
5[vol.54 fol(s)167-185] Genealogy of the rulers of the Kathmandu Valley with a few other related notes and a letter Machine-made and Nepali hand-made paper.
Nepali Hindi
Lists of late Malla and three Shah rulers with their dates from inscriptions and coins, a few notes on genealogy and dated historical events, a personal letter.