Documents on Administering, Supplying, and Maintaining the Royal Household

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)