A copy of document granting Thuka Aṇḍaka authority to attract settlers from Gangtok and India to the hills of Sikkim (VS 1857)

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Identifier: RRC_0019_0031
Title: A copy of document granting Thuka Aṇḍaka authority to attract settlers from Gangtok and India to the hills of Sikkim (VS 1857)
Type, original: copy

Content

Abstract: A copy of document granting Thuka Aṇḍaka an authority to attract settlers from Gangtok and India and settle them in the Sikkim hills west of the Ṭiṣtā river, collect eight ānnā-s on each homestead, and appropriate this tax on 30 homesteads belonging to his relatives.
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Date

Date: VS 1857 Āśvina dark 30 unspecified
Further details: card gives date as: "1800 A.D. October"
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Script and language

Language, script: Nepali; Devanagari

Physical appearance

Width, height, and unit: 20.5; 15.5; cm
No. of folios: 2
Material, binding, and colour: Nepali paper; bound; brown
Condition: good; complete

Institution

Institution and reg. no.: Private: M.C. Regmi; RRC Vol. 19, no. 31, pp. 16-17
Source and details: NGMPP catalogue card, RRC index, document itself; Microfilmed on 30/11/1989 as NGMPP E 2426/2
Running no., exposures: E 44884

Project specific information

Created, modified, ID: 5/5/22, 12:00 AM; 5/5/22, 12:00 AM; 18
Notes: The document is part of the Regmi Research Collection (RRC vol. 19, no. 31, pp. 16-17).
Technical terms: ānnā

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