MSS EUR HODGSON/100 Newar accounts: caste and religious texts; vaṃśāvali: history of Nepal and some miscellaneous materials (Persian and Urdu documents mostly translated from Nepali, Newari and Sanskrit)
Miscellaneous notes relating to revenue (general), revenue from the Tarai (Morang District), 28 major castes and sub-castes of Buddhist and Hindu Newars from Brahmin to Phogin (Kusule?), some street names of Kathmandu, a few names of Persian traders and the Munshi of the British Residency, notes relating to payment transactions, funeral rites of an ethnic community, Hodgson's correspondence and order for a copy of the Kagyur (bKa'-'gyur) (Tibetan Buddhist religious scripture), English title description and Nagari original; total folios: 103.
1[vol.100 fol(s)1-1 verso] Revenue of the Tarai Machine-made paper, fair hand.
Farsi
An isolated folio containing notes related to revenue from Nepal's Tarai.
2[vol.100 fol(s)2-5] Miscellaneous notes relating to revenue, street names, funeral rites of an ethnic group, payment transaction Mixed paper, very poor hands, one pencil written folio.
Farsi
Miscellaneous notes related to revenue, street names, funeral rites of an ethnic group and payment transactions. Name of a Persian trader (Hakim Khajaw Ali) and an English officer known as Captain Robson (?) are mentioned in this manuscript. Hakim Khajaw Ali might be the same Kashmiri merchant known as Khajaw and employed by Hodgson for his topographical and ethnological research relating to Tibet, see [vol 94/14 fol.77-78] .
3[vol.100 fol(s)6-102] Account of the castes of Buddhist and Hindu Newars 11/??/1842 Nepali hand-made paper, mostly very neat, ff. 98-102 are blank.
Farsi Mixed
Detailed account of Newars (both Buddhist and Hindu (Saivite)) prepared in Persian by Munshi Rahim, probably a Kashmiri: 28 major castes beginning with Brahmin and ending with Phogin (Kusule/Dyahla/Pwah?); English title description and the date of dispatch to Calcutta is mentioned, in many cases, names of castes also written in Nagari.
4[vol.100 fol(s)103] A brief note about ordering a copy of the Kagyur (bKa'-'gyur) from Tibet 09/19/1838 Machine-made paper, written in pencil with a very poor hand.
Farsi
A brief note about ordering a copy of the Kagyur from Tibet.