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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: S.N. --Contents --------------------------------------------------------------Page nr.-- --Image id. 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 places for armies)--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 reservoir)--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 got medals and khintāp)--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 Rāṇās)--175 27. -- Savārī ra sīkārako (Processions and huntings)--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
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Converted: 1914

Script and language

Language, script: Nepali; Devanagari

Physical appearance

Width, height, and unit: 19.2; 21.8; cm
No. of folios: 96
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; 7/17/26, 12:00 AM; 18
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