A letter from Kaṃca Purī in Lhasa to Rāya Bhāratī in Patan inquiring about issues related to their trade with Tibet (NS 859)

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Identifier: PCCHA_0001_0039
Title: A letter from Kaṃca Purī in Lhasa to Rāya Bhāratī in Patan inquiring about issues related to their trade with Tibet (NS 859)
Type, original: original

Content

Abstract: This letter from Kaṃca Purī based in Lhasa inquires whether packages with money and gold that he sent from Shigatse have arrived safely and asks Rāya Bhāratī to send two persons to Lhasa as soon as possible.
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Date

Date: NS 859 Āṣāḍha Dark fortnight 2 unspecified
Further details: card gives date: "1739 AD" Dillāgā 2
Converted: 1739 CE

Script and language

Language, script: Sanskrit, Newari; Newari

Physical appearance

Width, height, and unit: 0.00; 21.40; cm
No. of folios: 1
Material, binding, and colour: Nepali paper; loose; light natural colour
Condition: good; complete

Institution

Institution and reg. no.: Chāy Bāhāḥ, Lalitpur; Chāy Bāhāḥ Maṭha; PD_0003_0039_0002
Source and details: Chāy Bāhāḥ; Microfilmed on // as
Running no., exposures: 2

Project specific information

Created, modified, ID: 5/8/24, 12:00 AM; 4/22/25, 12:42 PM; 18
Notes: The backside contains a person named Rāyabhātri who lives near Jhorache.
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