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Details for Ṭhiṭhubā Biṣṭa

ID181
NameṬhiṭhubā Biṣṭa
TypepersName
Notesflourished: 1820 (VS 1877);

gender: male;

details:

together with Guṃgyāla Biṣṭa and Silin Namgyāla Biṣṭa wrote a letter to Bhīmasena Thāpā asking whether they should continue their journey from Pokhara delivering a horse to the Kathmandu Valley upon hearing news about smallpox being rampant in the three cities in the valley (E_1866_0006);

further literature:

for his occurence in documents Pant and Pierce 1989: 28f. n 1;

for the cooperation of the influential khri-thog-pa Biṣṭa family with the Gorkhālī rulers, see Dhungel 2002: 122f., 139f. n 38. #new#
SurnameBiṣṭa
Name XML file Year reliable?
ठिठुवा विष्ट E_1866_0006 1821 (VS 1877) yes
Ṭhiṭhubā Biṣṭa E_1866_0006 1821 (VS 1877) yes
Ṭhiṭubā Biṣṭa E_1866_0006 (n) 1821 (VS 1877) yes

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