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Mortgage deed by Eṣa Bhāro of Bhutigrāma to an unspecified creditor (NS 661)

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Identifier: PCRIND_0029_0413
Title: Mortgage deed by Eṣa Bhāro of Bhutigrāma to an unspecified creditor (NS 661)
Type, original: original

Content

Abstract: This deed records a loan transaction involving a sum of twenty-one ṭaṅkā over pledged land for a period of five years. Harṣasi, Dudu Vaju, Satrāta Pātradoya Bhāro, and Prativijaya Siṃha Bhāro are the witnesses.
Issued by and to: Eṣa Bhāro
Place: Pulacho, Patan
Donor, king:
Type of endowment:
Region of endowment:
Purpose of endowment:
Amount of endowment:

Date

Date: NS 661 Bhādra dark 7 unspecified
Further details:
Converted: 1540

Script and language

Language, script: Nepal Bhasa, Sanskrit; Nepāla Lipi

Physical appearance

Width, height, and unit: 23.50; 4.50; cm
No. of folios: 1
Material, binding, and colour: palm-leaf; loose; brown
Condition: fair; 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 12/09/2023
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 palm leaf has the cracks and disturbed the letters to recognise.
Technical terms: ṭaṅkā

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