A copy of document prohibiting to enslave brahmaṇa-s and Rājputs in the kingdoms (VS 1860)

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Identifier: RRC_0019_0145A
Title: A copy of document prohibiting to enslave brahmaṇa-s and Rājputs in the kingdoms (VS 1860)
Type, original: copy

Content

Abstract: A copy of document prohibiting to enslave brahmaṇa-s and Rājaputs in the kingdoms. The document refers to existence of the practice of enslaving them in areas between Bherī and Mahakālī. Enslavement of persons of other castes permitted only with their consent and the permission of respectable persons of the village.
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Date

Date: VS 1860 Kārttika dark 11 unspecified
Further details: card gives date as: "1803 A.D. November"
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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. 145A, pp. 137-138
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. 145A, pp. 137-138).
Technical terms: brahmaṇa

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