Documents Regarding Bhīmasena Thāpā

Bhimasena Thapa’s Correspondence

DNA_0002_0085: A report by Candraśekhara Upādhyāya to General Bhīmasen Thāpā and Kājī Raṇadhvaja Thāpā on a meeting with the governor-general and on British-Maratha hostilities [VS 1874]

DNA_0002_0111: A report from Patna by Candraśekhara Upādhyāya regarding Gajarāja Miśra’s death and British overtures of friendship (VS 1874)

DNA_0002_0069: A letter from Aravindanātha Gajuryāla to General Bhīmasena Thāpā acknowledging a study allowance of 90 rupees (VS 1878)

DNA_0001_0001: A letter from Aravindanātha Gajuryāla to General Bhīmasena Thāpā requesting a study allowance (VS 1878)

DNA_0002_0066: A letter from Umakānta Upādhyāya to Bhīmasen Thāpā regarding Achterlony’s death, etc. (VS 1882)

DNA_0002_0008: A letter from Saṃgada Siṁ and Raṇasura Bhaḍārī to Bhīmsena Thāpā regarding the battle at Bharatpur (VS 1882)

DNA_0001_0059: A letter from Bal Narasingh Kũnwar to Bhimsen Thāpa regarding his troops’ arrival at Dhanakuṭā (VS 1886)

DNA_0002_0044: An arjī from Sāligrāma providing a political report from Patna (VS 1891)

DNA_0004_0100: A patra from Raṇavīr Siṅgh Thapā to Bhīmsen Thāpā regarding the definition of theft prior to signing a pact (VS 1892)

DNA_0002_0020: A letter from Kṛṣṇa Nārāyaṇa Malla to Bhīmasena Thāpā regarding recent communications and a new messenger (n.d.)

Documents signed by Bhimasena Thapa as marphaṭa

DNA_0014_0028: A lālamohara from King Rājendra reconfirming the exemption of the Magars from maryoaputāli, cākacakui, etc. (VS 1879)

DNA_0010_0019: A rukkā of King Rājendra regarding the annual provision of certain items to Narāja Bāniyā̃ (VS 1880)

DNA_0014_0022: A lālamohara of King Rājendra reconfirming the exemption of Guruṅs, Ghales, Lāmās, four jātas, sixteen jātas, etc., from aputālī, cākacakuī, and pharneulo (VS 1883)

Bhimasena Thapa’s orders

RRC_0006_1015: A copy of a set of directives regarding hulāka stations for areas between Dharmasthalī in Kathmandu and the Yamuna River in Kumaun (VS 1866)

RRC_0040_0044: A copy of a set of directives regarding hulāka stations for areas between Dharmathalī in Kathmandu and the Jamuna River in Kumaun (VS 1866)

RRC_0041_0569: A copy of a set of directives regarding hulāka stations in areas between the Vāgmatī and Vijayapura (VS 1871)

Bhimasena Thapa as the one pouring the water vessel in royal land grants

DNA_0013_0030: A mohara tāmrapatra issued by King Rājendra granting land to found a Sūryavināyaka guṭhī (VS 1882)

DNA_0013_0025: A lālamohara of King Rājendra establishing a guṭhi for the offering of rice pudding to Paśupatinātha (VS 1885)

DNA_0013_0072: A lālamohara from King Rājendra updating a VS 1864 land grant to Bānu Pādhyā Dāhāla (VS 1889)

DNA_0013_0077: A lālamohara from King Rājendra updating a VS 1863 land grant to Raṅganātha Pauḍyāla (VS 1890)

DNA_0016_0005: A lālamohara from King Rājendra granting land to Raṅganātha Pauḍyāla on the occasion of the first death anniversary of the king's step-grandmother (VS 1890)

DNA_0013_0086: A lālamohara from King Rājendra granting a birtā to Indu Bhānsyā (VS 1893)

Bhimasena Thapa’s death and inheritance

DNA_0011_0106: A rukkā from King Rājendra ordering landowners and officials throughout the kingdom to submit gifts, payments, and tributes through Raṅganātha Pauḍyāla (VS 1894)

E_2764_0061: A document recording the uses to which gold seized from Bhīmasena Thāpā’s estate was put (VS 1896)

K_0469_0028: A copy of a lālamohara from King Rājendra ordering local authorities to further exempt Bhagavantanātha’s monastery from tax payments, corvée, etc. (VS 1897)

DNA_0015_0091: A rukkā from the king granting Prime Minister Jaṅga Bahādura Kũvara allowances previously enjoyed by Bhimasena Thāpā (VS 1903)