A receipt from Subbā Nara Jaṅga Gurung acknowledging the payment of revenue from Mukhiyā Dhorjye Ḍhuṃḍul of Bihi Village (VS 1973)
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Abstract
This receipt from Subbā Nara Jaṅga Gurung acknowledges the payment of revenue made by Mukhiyā Dhorjye Ḍhuṃḍul of Bihi Village along with penalty interest for a little over three months due under a contractual agreement.
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6तपसिल
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| जम्मामोहरु | ३९६।१ | |
| व़ाजविनगदीजिंसीकोठेक्मोरु | ३८५।३१ | |
| मार्गसिर१गतेदेषीफागुण१०गतेतक्कोसुत्मोरु | १०।७० |
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Translation
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Venerable Commanding General of the Western Front General Juddha Śamśera Jaṅga Bahādura RāṇāSāheba – 1
[Seal with the legend: ‘Śrī Nara Jaṅga 72’]1
Hail! A letter from venerable SubbāNara Jaṅga Gurung
Āge: the deposit of income: To Mukhiyā Subbā Dhorjye Ḍhuṃḍul, resident of Bi[hi] Village from among the 20 villages of Aṭhāra Saya Kholā in Bhoṭ2
A total of 396.[0]1 mohararupaiyā̃s, [in words] three hundred ninety-six rupees one paisā, which includes both the contractual amount and the interest on [the late payment of] the instalment that you are required to pay for the year [VS 19]73 (1916/17 CE) in accordance with the tapasila [below], was accepted from the hand of your representative [lit. man] Nimā Chiriṅga/Tsering (text: Ṅimā Chriṃ), resident of Lo Gāũ, for the contract that I took [to collect revenue on] the khuvā of -1- (i.e. Juddha Śamśera Jaṅga Bahādura Rāṇā). A receipt was issued for the same.
Details (tapasila)
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| Total mohararupaiyā̃ | 396.[0]1 | |
| The scheduled contractual amount in cash and kind, mohararupaiyā̃s | 385.31 | |
| Interest from the 1st of Mārgaśīrṣa to the 10th of Phālguṇa, mohararupaiyā̃s | 10.70 |
Wednesday, the 10th of Phāguṇa in the [Vikrama] Era year 1973 (1917 CE). Auspiciousness.
Commentary
Subbā Nara Jaṅga Gurung issues this receipt on behalf of Commanding General of the Western Front Juddha Śamśera, acknowledging the payment of a contractual amount by Subbā Dhorjye Ḍhuṃḍul of Bihi Village. The document does not clearly say that the payment was made in connection with a lokābhāra lease contract, but it does appear to be such a payment. It is clear, in any event, that Dhorjye Ḍhuṃḍul failed to pay the amount on time and had to pay interest of 10 mohararupaiyā̃s 70 paisās for three months and 10 days. In other documents from the same area, local contractors are asked to pay their lokābhāra lease contract amount in one single instalment in the month of Māgha. This document, however, suggests that Dhorjye Ḍhuṃḍul was supposed to pay the amount in the month of Kārtika. He only managed to deposit the amount into Juddha Śamśera's account on the 10th of Phālguṇa. As he was charged the interest on the amount from the 1st of Mārgaśīrṣa to the day he made the payment, it is clear that he was supposed to clear the sum within the month preceding Mārgaśīrṣa, i.e. Kārtika.
It appears that there is something written, probably in Tibetan, on the back of the document. As there is no separate image of the back of the document, it is unclear what the text refers to.