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A votive inscription engraved on a metal flung hung on the front part of the Buṅgadyaḥ chariot recording the object's donation by an Ācārya family (VS 2072)

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Identifier: NHDP_0001_0165
Title: A votive inscription engraved on a metal flung hung on the front part of the Buṅgadyaḥ chariot recording the object's donation by an Ācārya family (VS 2072)
Type, original: Inscription; original

Content

Abstract: This votive inscription engraved on a metal flag records the members of an Ācārya family who donated the object.
Issued by and to:
Place:
Donor, king:
Type of endowment:
Region of endowment:
Purpose of endowment:
Amount of endowment:

Date

Date: VS 2072 Śrāvaṇa unspecified unspecified unspecified
Further details: Month is specified as "4"
Converted: 2015

Script and language

Language, script: Nepali; Devanagari

Physical appearance

Width, height, and unit:
No. of folios:
Material, binding, and colour: gilt copper; none; golden
Condition: Good; complete

Institution

Institution and reg. no.: Guṭhī Saṃsthāna Office, Taḥ Bāhāḥ; 85.32289037045501,27.670370209509155; none
Source and details: NHDP catalogue entry; own assessment
Running no., exposures:

Project specific information

Created, modified, ID: 9/14/23, 9:57 AM; 9/21/23, 9:45 AM; 21
Notes:

DANAM catalogue entry: 0942ceb1-e424-4cb0-a635-16b6ae8215d2

Type of writing support: Engraved on a gilt copper flag with an embossed image of a flower.

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