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A rukkā from the King ordering Diṭṭhā Beni Mādhava Upādhyā to exempt taxes from the land donated to Śiva Guṭhī (VS 1908)

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Identifier: K_0356_0031
Title: A rukkā from the King ordering Diṭṭhā Beni Mādhava Upādhyā to exempt taxes from the land donated to Śiva Guṭhī (VS 1908)
Type, original: rukkā; copy

Content

Abstract: This rukkā issues an order to Diṭṭhā Beni Mādhava Upādhyā, the Company Daphaḍarakhānā (office) to exempt taxes levied on the land donated to the deity for setting up the trust.
Issued by and to: king; Diṭṭhā Beni Mādhava Upādhyā
Place: Aryātirtha; Śiva Guṭhī; Śaiva
Donor, king: Rāja Guṭhī
Type of endowment: land
Region of endowment:
Purpose of endowment: to set up the Śira Guṭhī and its ukeep
Amount of endowment: 1 kheta

Date

Date: VS 1908 Pauṣa dark 3 Thursday
Further details:
Converted:

Script and language

Language, script: Nepali; Devanagari

Physical appearance

Width, height, and unit: 25.00; 21.00; cm
No. of folios:
Material, binding, and colour: Nepali paper; bound; unspecified
Condition: unspecified; complete

Institution

Institution and reg. no.: Bhadrakālī; card nos. 1-186; Kausi-Tosākhānā, Book no. 1; Bha. Gu. La. Ta. Ms. no. 83
Source and details: NGMPP catalogue card; Microfilmed on 17/02/1994 as NGMPP K 356/31
Running no., exposures: K 21869; 2

Project specific information

Created, modified, ID: 3/18/20, 12:00 AM; 12/5/22, 1:23 PM; 18
Notes:
Technical terms: kheta

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