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A rukkā from King Surendra providing land to the kusle-s serving at Bhaktapur's Śrī Brahmāyaṇī etc. (VS 1904)

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Identifier: K_0337_0042
Title: A rukkā from King Surendra providing land to the kusle-s serving at Bhaktapur's Śrī Brahmāyaṇī etc. (VS 1904)
Type, original: rukkā; copy

Content

Abstract: This rukkā of King Surendra provides 37 ropanis of land as remuneration for nine kusles playing on musical instruments at the shrines of deities including Brahmāyaṇī, Bhaktapur.
Issued by and to: King Surendra; 9 kusles
Place: Bhaktapur; Brahmāyaṇī; Śākta
Donor, king: King Surendra; king
Type of endowment: bājā guthi
Region of endowment: Bhaktapur
Purpose of endowment: to earn merit
Amount of endowment: 37 ropanis

Date

Date: unspecified 1904 Pauṣa bright 12 Monday
Further details:
Converted:

Script and language

Language, script: Nepali; Devanagari

Physical appearance

Width, height, and unit: 41.00; 21.00; cm
No. of folios:
Material, binding, and colour: unspecified; unspecified; unspecified
Condition: fair; complete

Institution

Institution and reg. no.: Bhadrakālī; 8; Bā. Da. Po. no. 9 Pan. no. 2
Source and details: NGMPP catalogue card; Microfilmed on 16/11/1993 as NGMPP K 337/42
Running no., exposures: K 20585; 1

Project specific information

Created, modified, ID: 11/7/18, 12:00 AM; 11/18/22, 12:16 PM; 18
Notes:
Technical terms: ropanī, kusle

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