These documents relate to the essential domains and everyday needs of the
royal household complex in Hanuman Dhoka managed by the kapardār. In the
early 19th century, the kapardār, through his office in the Kadel Chowk
courtyard inside Hanuman Dhoka, administered myriad processes. He
oversaw saltpeter procurement, gunpowder production, artisans working on
various mediums and metals, clothing, storage spaces, cattle farms, and
food supplies (See RRC_0024_0776). He had authority over the whole chain
from production to transportation to storage to distribution. These
processes were made possible by the work of a range of peoples attached
to the royal household through various conditions of labour and
service.
E_2778_0001: A purjī from
Garuḍadhvaja Pā̃ḍe ordering the provision of additional wheat to
Ratnaprabhā (VS 1878)
E_2778_0002: A purjī from
Garuḍadhvaja Pā̃ḍe ordering the provision of additional wheat to
Prasāda Siṃ (VS 1878)
E_2778_0003: A purjī from
Garuḍadhvaja Pā̃ḍe ordering the provision of wheat to Viramardana
(VS 1878)
E_2778_0004: A purjī from
Garuḍadhvaja Pā̃ḍe ordering the provision of wheat to one
Bhaktanainā (?) (VS 1878)
E_2778_0005: A purjī from aḍais
Rājabala Ḍoṭyāla and Ramānātha Pādhyā ordering the provision of
wheat to four persons (VS 1878)
E_2778_0006: A purjī from
Garuḍadhvaja Pā̃ḍe ordering the provision of wheat to Rājavīra (VS
1878)
E_2781_0035: A document from
Rājabala Ḍoṭyāl recording the rent in the form of rice submitted
from the Lubhu serā (VS 1880)
E_2778_0007: A purjī from
Garuḍadhvaja Pā̃ḍe ordering the provision of wheat to Suravīra (VS
1978)
E_2778_0008: A directive to susāres
to get their wheat allowance from Rājabala Ḍoṭyāla and Ramānātha
Pādhyā (VS 1878)
E_2778_0009: A directive to listed
persons in Gorkha, Kathmandu and Nuwakot to claim their wheat
allowance from the aḍais Rājabala Ḍoṭyāla and Ramānātha Pādhya (VS
1878)
E_2778_0010: A list of four susāres
who are to receive wheat from Rājabala Ḍoṭyāla and Ramānātha Pādhya
(VS 1878)
DNA_0014_0048: A rukkā from King
Rājendra directing Garuḍadhvaja Pā̃ḍe to restart the pajanī on Lubhu
serā land (VS 1878)
DNA_0014_0024: A rukkā from King
Rājendra ordering Kapardāra Garuḍadhvaja Pāḍe to settle tenants in
Lubhu village (VS 1881)
DNA_0014_0086: A rukkā from King
Rājendra ordering Kapardāra Garuḍadhvaja Pā̃ḍe to make use of land
reclassified as serā (VS 1892)
