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A deed of usufructuary mortgage

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Identifier: PCRIND_0029_0194
Title: A deed of usufructuary mortgage
Type, original: original

Content

Abstract: This is a deed of usufructuary mortgage of land. The period mentioned is seven years. A person named as Harṣarāma is identifiable.
Issued by and to:
Place:
Donor, king:
Type of endowment:
Region of endowment:
Purpose of endowment:
Amount of endowment:

Date

Date: NS 650 Pauṣa dark 9 unspecified
Further details:
Converted: 1330

Script and language

Language, script: Nepal Bhasa, Sanskrit; Nepāla Lipi

Physical appearance

Width, height, and unit: 47.50; 5.50; cm
No. of folios: 1
Material, binding, and colour: palm-leaf, talipot; loose; 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 the project “Documents on the History of Religion and Law of Pre-modern Nepal” on 2023/09/04
Running no., exposures: 2

Project specific information

Created, modified, ID: 7/17/26, 12:00 AM; 7/17/26, 12:00 AM; 18
Notes: The back side contains dates which were added later. The palm leaf is dimmed and with big cross marks which causing difficulty in reading letters. Flower patterns are on both the edges.
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