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A stone tablet inscription at Pujārīpāṭī Pokharī in Bhaktapur installed to memorialize the construction of a water spout and rest house (VS 1908)

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Identifier: NHDP_0002_0003
Title: A stone tablet inscription at Pujārīpāṭī Pokharī in Bhaktapur installed to memorialize the construction of a water spout and rest house (VS 1908)
Type, original: inscription; original

Content

Abstract: This inscription, embedded in the north-eastern corner wall of Pujārīpāṭī Pokharī in Bhaktapur, records the construction of a water spout and rest house by Subbā Pṛyavarta and others. Their donors set up a trust and mandated that revenue from trust land be used for feeding brahmins and distributing sherbet.
Issued by and to: Pṛyavarta
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Date

Date: VS 1908 Vaiśākha Bright fortnight 3 Wednesday
Further details:
Converted: 1851 CE

Script and language

Language, script: Nepali; Devanagari

Physical appearance

Width, height, and unit: 34; 24; cm
No. of folios: 1
Material, binding, and colour: stone; unspecified; dark grey stone
Condition: good; complete

Institution

Institution and reg. no.: Pujārīpāṭī Pokharī, Nālāchāpa, Bhaktapur; NHDP; BKT0671
Source and details: NHDP; https://danam.cats.uni-heidelberg.de/report/1f0b12da-04ba-484b-bc1f-fe84fdcd3c6b
Running no., exposures: 1

Project specific information

Created, modified, ID: 11/3/26, 1:57 PM; 11/3/26, 1:57 PM; 18
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