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Major works of Prime Minister Candra Śamśera (VS 1971)

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Identifier:

PCRIND_0010_0000

Title:

Major works of Prime Minister Candra Śamśera (VS 1971)

Type, original:

Records; original

Content

Abstract:

This volume records major works of Prime Minister Candra Śamśera (1863–1929) carried out during his reign from 1901 to 1914. The works are listed below:

Table of Contents

S.N.	Contents	Translation	Page No.
1	Vījulīko candravattī rāṣīvakseko	Installed electric lights (candravattī) in many places	1
2	Sthīti vandovasta garīvakseko	Promulgated new regulations	3
3	Guṭhī sadāvarta raheko	Endowed guṭhī and sadāvarta	41
4	Haspatāl rākhībakseko	Established hospitals	50
5	Tārāgeṭ prāktīs	Managed target practice grounds for the army	48
6	Ṭhāuṭhāumā pāṭhsālā banāibakseko	Established schools in various places	50
7	Seṭh ghara banāivakseko	Made rest houses for pilgrims	51
8	Ṭhāuṭhāumā devālaya pāṭīpauvā banāivakseko	Made temples and rest houses in many places	52
9	Kaldhārā vanāivakseko	Made watering places	54
10	Ināra pokharī banīyeko	Made wells and reservoirs	55
11	Khetamā pānī lyāune	Made channels for irrigation	55
12	Dharmabhakārī	Made grain stores to help people in famine	56
13	Māphī vakseko	Freed from loans	57
14	Ṭhāuṭhāumā jhelakhānā banāivakseko	Made jails in many places	69
15	Aḍā kacaharī ghara	Made buildings for offices and courts	70
16	Pāikhānā baniyeko	Made public toilets	74
17	Darvāra baniyeko	Made a palace	74
18	Ḍhala saḍaka baniyeko	Made drainage and roads	75
19	Pula baniyeko	Made bridges	82
20	Śrī 3 māhārājabāṭa ṭakmā khīntāp pāivakseko	Śrī 3 Māhārāja received medals and khitāb	90
21	Jagājamin dān	Gifted lands	93
22	Garīpagurvālāi khvāivakseko	Fed poor people	95
23	Aina banīyeko	Promulgated new regulations and revised old ones	97
24	Dāna garīvakseko	A list of donations that he made	133
25	Purānā dhārā jīrnaudhāra garīvakseko	Repaired old watering places	171
26	Rāṇājīharūko rīṇa tīrīvakseko	Paid back the loans of the Rāṇās	175
27	Savārī ra sīkārako	Processions and hunts	176
28	Aghiko bhaṃdā āmdānī baḍheko	Raised incomes	180
29	Baghaicā banāivakseko	Made parks	183

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Date

Date:

VS 1971 Āṣāḍha unspecified 32 unspecified

Further details:

Converted:

1914

Script and language

Language, script:

Nepali; Devanagari

Physical appearance

Width, height, and unit:

19.2; 21.8; cm

No. of folios:

Material, binding, and colour:

mill-made paper; bound; light brown

Condition:

good; complete

Institution

Institution and reg. no.:

Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Research Unit "Documents on the History of Religion and Law of Premodern Nepal"; Walter Rindfleisch Collection

Source and details:

document itself; Digitized by Heidelberg University Library on 14/11/2022 as image identifier(s) PCRIND_0010_1 to PCRIND_0010_197 in DWork

Running no., exposures:

192

Project specific information

Created, modified, ID:

7/17/26, 12:00 AM; 8/3/26, 2:11 PM; 18

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data entered/checked by: #RT##SG

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