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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) |
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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. |
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1[vol.100 fol(s)1-1 verso] Revenue of the Tarai Machine-made paper, fair hand. |
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Farsi |
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An isolated folio containing notes related to revenue from Nepal's
Tarai. |
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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. |
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Farsi |
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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] . |
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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. |
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Farsi Mixed |
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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. |
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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. |
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Farsi |
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A brief note about ordering a copy of the Kagyur from
Tibet. |