A document from Dalāna Tahasila Aḍḍā acknowledging the obtainment of lokābhāra from Pāro Gāũ (VS 1943)
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Abstract
This document issued by Dalāna Tahasila Aḍḍā acknowledges the obtainment of a woolen shawl as lokābhāra from Pāro Gāũ for an emolument granted to the commanding general of the western front.
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श्री\1श्रीपश्चिम्तर्फकाकम्यांडीङ्जनरल2रणसम्सेरजङ्राणावाहादुर
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2आगेदाषिलाआम्दानि¯ ¯१¯कोसाहेवकाषान्गीमादरियाकोषुवाअठारसयेषोलाम
3ध्येदोच्येतर्फपाचपार्वापट्टीपारोगाउको४३साल्कालोकाभारठेकअसुलभैआयाको
4पाषीगोटा१जीम्मावाल्कैसांषुनुमार्फत्हस्तेमुषीयाकर्माजेठाल्हार्क्याल्नोर्वुलेस
5हीछाप्गरिवुझायाकोतहविल्दारइन्द्रप्रसादजीम्मातहविल्दाषिल्भयोतस्कोरसीद
6गरिदीञ्यूंइतिसम्वत्१९४३साल्मीतिफागुणवदि१रोज४श्भ्म्---------------[Unknown seal]
Translation
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Venerable Commanding General of the Western Front Raṇa Śamśera Jaṅga Rāṇā Bahādura - 1
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Hail! A letter from Śrī Dalāna Tahasila Aḍḍā.
Āge: the entry of income: 1 piece of a thick, woolen shawl (pākhī) was received on the basis of the lokābhāraṭheka for the year [VS 19]43 for the emolument (khuvā) registered in the name of the [Śrī Commanding General of the West Raṇa Śamśera Jaṅga Rāṇā Bahādura]1 from Pāro Gāũ [situated] in Pācapārvā within Aṭhāra Saya Kholā in the direction of Doce. [The shawl was collected by] JimmāvālaKaisaṃ Khunu [and] deposited with his signature by MukhiyāKarmā Jeṭhā Lhārkyāl Norbu to TahabiladāraIndra Prasāda, the person in charge, [who] entered it [into the respective treasury]. I have issued a receipt for this.
Wednesday, the 1st of the dark fortnight of Phālguṇa in the [Vikrama] era year 1943 (1887 CE). Auspiciousness2 .
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Commentary
The tasks and responsibilities of the Dalāna Tahasila are not clear. There was, however, an office with the name Dalāna Kacahari that, according to some chronicles, was set up by Commander-in-Chief Bama Bahādura when he was the acting prime minister during Jaṅga Bahādura's visit to Europe in 1850. Housed in an inner courtyard of the Thapathali residence of the prime minister, the Dalāna Kacahari investigated accusations against civil servants who have engaged in corruption and other crimes (Adhikari 1984: 87). There was another office with a similar name, Tabelā Dalāna, that was responsible for the keeping of horses for the king and prime minister (Agrawal 1976: 68). The office mentioned in this document is most likely different one.
Raṇa Śamśera is the third son of Dhīra Śamśera, the youngest brother of Jaṅga Bahādura (cf. Yādava 2045: Appendix 2). He succeeded Khadga Śamśera as the commander-in-chief. Both Khadga and Raṇa did not become the Śrī 3 Mahārajā, because their eldest brother Vīra Śamśera occupied the post. Raṇa Śamśera was succeeded by another brother called Deva Śamśera as the commander-in-chief, who went on to rule as the Śrī 3 Mahārajā, succeeding Vīra Śamśera, the first son of Dhīra Śamśera. Raṇa Śamśera has been addressed as the commanding general of the western front in this document. He also appears in another document (Tsum_0001_0012) issued about a year later. This later document describes him as 'the late commander-in-chief'. It is evident that he was promoted to the commander-in-chief's post but passed away within the span of a year after the document was issued. According to the Rāṇā Roll of Succession, the commanding general of the western front succeeded the post of the commander-in-chief.
Jimmāvāla Kaisaṃ Khunu appears in another document (E_3446_0032) that relates the freeing of a female slave, but it does not mention his post.