Documents concerning 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 the arrival of his troops at Dhanakuṭā (VS 1886)

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

DNA_0004_0100: A letter 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 (undated)

Documents signed by Bhimasena Thapa as marphaṭa

DNA_0014_0028: A lālamohara of 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 issued by King Rājendra reconfirming the exemption of Guruṅs, Ghales, Lāmās, the four jātas, the 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 Vāgmatī and Vijayapura (VS 1871)

Bhimasena Thapa as the person responsible for pouring water from the 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 feeding 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)

The Death and Legacy of Bhimasena Thapa

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

E_2764_0061: A document recording the use of gold seized from Bhīmasena Thāpā's estate (VS 1896)

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

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