| Identifier: |
Tsum_0001_0024 |
| Title: |
A copy of a purjī from the office for salt transactions in Gorkha ordering the confiscation of salt (1951 VS) |
| Type, original: |
purjī; copy |
Content |
| Abstract: |
The purjī of which this is a copy was issued by the kacahari in Gorkha to officers stationed in the region that spans from Khānacoka Bhañjyānga to Lārkep on the border with Bhoṭa. It orders them to confiscate all the salt purchased in Tibet and sold on the local market in cases where such trade violates savālas [and] istihāras. The document orders local authorities to hand over all such salt traded to persons posted at the kacahari. |
| Issued by and to: |
Gorkha Nuna Kharida Vikri Kacahari; Amālī, thari and mukhiyās of the area from Khānacok Bhañjyāṅga to Lārkep |
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Date |
| Date: |
VS 1951 Āṣāḍha bright 30 (pūrṇimā) Thursday |
| Further details: |
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| Converted: |
1894 CE |
Script and language |
| Language, script: |
Nepali; Devanagari |
Physical appearance |
| Width, height, and unit: |
x; x; cm |
| No. of folios: |
1 |
| Material, binding, and colour: |
Nepali paper; loose; dim white |
| Condition: |
good; complete |
Institution |
| Institution and reg. no.: |
Private; Nile Labrang, Tsum |
| Source and details: |
photo of the original; Photo taken on 08/06/2012 |
| Running no., exposures: |
1 |
Project specific information |
| Created, modified, ID: |
4/6/18, 9:16 AM; 7/11/20, 11:36 AM; 34 |
| Notes: |
Size and other details will be added |
| Technical terms: |
purjī, amālī, thari, mukhiyā, savāla, istihāra, ḍiṭṭhā, sanada, |
