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The Authority File is a curated register of selected persons, places, regions, and organizations mentioned in the documents edited on this platform. Unlike the Attestations, which record every occurrence as it appears in a given text, entries here represent a single, disambiguated identity, bringing together variant name forms, dates, genealogical and institutional relationships, and other historical details drawn from across the corpus. Where possible, entries are linked to established external authorities (GND, VIAF, Wikidata, and GeoNames), situating the persons and places of pre-modern Nepal within the broader landscape of linked open data.


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ID Name Surname Type Notes Actions
249 Bisaṅkhu placeName also known as: Visaṃkhu, Vīsaṅkhu; administrative unit (ambala) in Southern Kathmandu Valley. View details
694 Bishnumati geogName also Viṣṇumatī, Viṣnumati; a river in the Kathmandu Valley, tributary of the Bagmati, source at Śivapurī mountain, mouth at Teku; wiki:Bisnumati_River, dbr:Bisnumati_River, geonames:1283577. View details
2006 Bisyā Nagarcī Damāī / Nagārci persName also known as: Bise Nagarcī; born: before 1693 (VS 1750, Devakoṭā 2019); gender: male; children: Dubalyā Damāī; details: succeeded as nagarcī of Śrī Kālikā at Gorkha Palace in 1789 (VS 1846, Vajrācārya and Śreṣtha VS 2037: 555–556) by his son Dubalyā Damāī; normdata: wiki:Bishe_Nagarchi, ne.wiki:बिसे_नगर्ची. #checked# View details
1049 Bode placeName also known as Boḍe; an old city in the east corner of the Kathmandu Valley; wiki:Bode,_Nepal. View details
1773 Bola Bāhādura Khatrī Chetrī Khatrī Chetrī persName flourished: 1926 (VS 1983); gender: male; details: slave-owner who submitted a paramabhaṭṭā deed as part of a slave manumission campaign in Pyuthan; resided in Bīrtā Rasapura. #checked# View details
809 Bolan Pass placeName a mountain pass between Afghanistan and Pakistan which marks the border between the Iranian plateau and the Indian plate; due to its strategic location, the pass has been used as a gateway to and from South Asia; wiki:Bolan_Pass, dbr:Bolan_Pass. #checked# View details
2568 Bolhö persName also known as: Bo lhod; gender: male; flourished: -1826; details: Sikkim’s chancellor under Tshugphü Namgyal (Mullard 2013: 185); belonged to the Lepcha Barfungmo family clan (Mullard 2013: 181); maternal uncle of Tshugphü Namgyal; younger brother of Kājī Ikundā; executed along with his wife and son by order of Tshugphü Namgyal in 1826; #new# View details
571 Bombay placeName city in Maharashtra, India. View details
1446 Borlang placeName also known as: Borlāṅa; a village and former village development committee in Gorkha District; wiki:Borlang. #checked# View details
983 Borsīgāũ placeName also known as: Burji, Bursi; a village and settlement area in the Syāra administrative sector of the Aṭhāra Saya Kholā region; geonames: 7948118. #checked# View details
2468 Bosī placeName a village in the Aṭhāra Saya Kholā region View details
1607 Brahmā Pādhyā Pādhyā persName flourished: 1829 (VS 1885); gender: male; details: held the title of Major; involved in fixing boundaries of royal land grants. #checked# View details
103 Brāhmaṇa Ṭola placeName a city quarter (ṭola) in southern Kathmandu. #checked# View details
1039 Brahmanani placeName also known as: Brahmananī; a dwelling cluster (nani) of Kumhanani Ṭola in northern Thimi (Pant and Funo 2003: 49–50). #checked# View details
344 Brahmanātha Nātha persName also known as: Brahmanātha Yogī; flourished: 1834 (VS 1891); gender: male; details: held the title of pīra (cf. Naraharinātha VS 2022: 449) and rājaguru (cf. Naraharinātha n.d.: 69); succeeded his guru (cf. Naraharinātha n.d.: 69) Pratāpanātha as pūjārī at the Ratannātha temple in Phalābāṅ in 1834 (VS 1891). #checked# View details
2126 Bṛhaspati Paṇḍita Paṇḍita persName also known as: Vṛhaspati Panḍita, Vṛhaspatī Panḍit; flourished: 1774 (VS 1831); gender: male; details: a letter written by King Pṛthvīnārāyaṇa Śāha to Bhagavantanātha in 1774 reports that he has gone [as envoy] to Purnia (K_0469_0032). #checked# View details
245 Brian Houghton Hodgson Hodgson persName born: 1 February 1800 or more likely 1801; died: 23 May 1894; gender: male; details: pioneer naturalist and ethnologist; British resident in Nepal from 1833 to 1843; normdata: wiki:Brian_Houghton_Hodgson, viaf:76482249, gnd:118863703. #checked# View details
623 Britain placeName also Bīlāyeta, Belāyata, Belāīta, Great Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain; a country in north-western Europe; wiki:United_Kingdom, dbr:United_Kingdom. View details
1766 Buddha Lakṣmī persName also known as: Budha Lakṣmī; flourished: 1898 (VS 1955); gender: female; mother:Syatī; details: slave (kamārī) owned by Jyedu Kumāra Paṇḍita and emancipated by Deva Śamśera Jaṅga Bahādura Rāṇā. #checked# View details
2614 Buddhalakṣmī persName also known as: Burakṣmi; flourished: CE 1888 (NS 1009); gender: male; father: Bhājupati; mother: Herāmati; spouse: Lakṣmīdhaṃ; #new# View details
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