A votive inscription on the front side of a silver copy of a representation of the sun on top of the Buṅgadyaḥ chariot recording its donation by Kularatna et al. [VS 2008]

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Identifier: NHDP_0001_0166
Title: A votive inscription on the front side of a silver copy of a representation of the sun on top of the Buṅgadyaḥ chariot recording its donation by Kularatna et al. [VS 2008]
Type, original: Inscription; original

Content

Abstract: The votive inscription is engraved on the edge of the front side of a silver cover of a representation of the sun records its donors and specifies the date of the object's installation on the Buṅgadyaḥ chariot.
Issued by and to:
Place:
Donor, king:
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Date

Date: VS [2008] unspecified unspecified unspecified unspecified
Further details:
Converted: [1951]

Script and language

Language, script: Newari; Devanagari

Physical appearance

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Material, binding, and colour: silver; none; silver
Condition: damaged; dented on the edges; text partly unreadable; incomplete

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 LAL0001_I_039
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Project specific information

Created, modified, ID: 9/19/23, 1:59 PM; 9/21/23, 9:48 AM; 21
Notes:

The date is estimated on the basis of the similarity to the moon representation on the top of the Buṅgadyaḥ chariot (see NHDP_0001_0157).

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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Associated secondary literature

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