A votive inscription by Jaṅga Bahādura Rāṇā recording his donation of the present pinnacle for the Buṅgadyaḥ chariot (ŚS 1772)

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Identifier: NHDP_0001_0141
Title: A votive inscription by Jaṅga Bahādura Rāṇā recording his donation of the present pinnacle for the Buṅgadyaḥ chariot (ŚS 1772)
Type, original: Inscription; original

Content

Abstract: This votive inscription by Jaṅga Bahādura Jaṅga records his donation of the silver pinnacle to be placed at the top of the Buṅgadyaḥ Chariot. The edition consists of a Sanskrit part and its Nepali translation.
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Date

Date: ŚS 1772 Vaiśākha dark 14 Thursday
Further details: The date in the Sanskrit part of the inscription is not readable.
Converted: 1850

Script and language

Language, script: Nepali, Sanskrit; Devanagari

Physical appearance

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No. of folios: 1
Material, binding, and colour: copper; unspecified; reddish brown
Condition: damaged; complete

Institution

Institution and reg. no.: Guṭhī Saṃsthāna Office, Taḥ Bāhāḥ; 85.32289037045501,27.670370209509155; none
Source and details: NHDP catalogue entry; own assessment; Photographed by NHDP on 01/05/2022 as LAL0041_I_010
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Project specific information

Created, modified, ID: 8/30/22, 3:59 PM; 11/23/22, 3:52 PM; 21
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DANAM catalogue entry: 63839ea4-84e4-48d3-a8f7-9a1aab155573

Type of writing support: The inscription is applied to the back side of the object together with two other inscriptions by members of the Rāṇā family.

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