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A rukkā from King Raṇabahādura exempting goldsmiths of Kathmandu from corvee (VS 1840)

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Identifier: DNA_0014_0026
Title: A rukkā from King Raṇabahādura exempting goldsmiths of Kathmandu from corvee (VS 1840)
Type, original: rukkā; unspecified

Content

Abstract: King Raṇabahādura, issuing a rukkā, exempts a total of 75 households of goldsmiths from Kathmandu from corvee for as long as they mint silver coins.
Issued by and to: Raṇabahādura Śāha; Unspecified
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Date

Date: VS 1840 Jyeṣṭha dark 6 unspecified
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Script and language

Language, script: unspecified; Devanagari

Physical appearance

Width, height, and unit: 28; 16.5; cm
No. of folios: 1 (both side)
Material, binding, and colour: Nepali paper; unspecified; unspecified
Condition: damaged by breaking; complete

Institution

Institution and reg. no.: National Archives Kathmandu; Ms. no. 447
Source and details: NGMPP catalogue card; Microfilmed on 05/07/2000 as NGMPP DNA 14/26
Running no., exposures: 1284

Project specific information

Created, modified, ID: 1/30/18, 8:56 AM
Notes: ##PP: till => as long as
Technical terms: rukkā, jhārā, beṭh, begāra, ṭakasāra

Associated secondary literature

Anonymous: Kausī Toṣhākhānābāṭa Prāpta Lālamohara (page(s) 137) [facsimile]

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