Documents on Nepal's Foreign Relations

Documenta Nepalica | Sources on the History of Religion and Law in Pre-Modern Nepal | Main Editors: Axel Michaels / Bal Gopal Shrestha / Manik Bajracharya / Ramhari Timalsina / Rajan Khatiwoda

Nepal-Tibet trade

E_1448_0045: A record of taxes paid by merchants from Lhasa at the Sankhu Customs Office (NS 995)

DNA_0003_0047: An arjī from Jagatsera Khatrī Chetrī recounts his journey through Tibet and China (VS 1925)

DNA_0003_0094: An arjī requesting guidance on selling custom-ordered goods in Lhasa (undated)

E_1448_0046: A petition from the merchant Harṣapati of Tuṃche to the government of Nepal regarding the looting of his shop in Lhasa (VS 1940)

E_1448_0015: A Tamasuka document recording a loan provided by the Government of Nepal to Sāhu Harṣapati Udāsa in (VS 1944)

E_1448_0044: A petition from Nepalese merchants in Lhasa to the Nepalese government (VS 1949)

E_2763_0075: A copy of a letter from General Phatya Śamśera to Vakila Kulānanda ordering him to send items from Calcutta to be presented to the Emperor of China (VS 1950)

Sino-Nepalese was

E_2730_0028: A copy of a report on the Sino-Nepalese War of 1792 (c. 1850)

Nepal's missions to China

DNA_0003_0047: An arjī from Jagatsera Khatrī Chetrī recounts his journey through Tibet and China (VS 1925)

DNA_0004_0009: An arjī from Jagatsera Khatrī Chetrī recounts his journey through Tibet and China (VS 1925)

Reports from foreign lands

DNA_0001_0021: An arjī from Jasapāu Thāpā regarding Raṇajita Siṃ's failure to gain victory (undated)

DNA_0002_0054: A report from Candraśekhara Upādhyāya to Bhīmsena Thāpā and Raṇadhvaja Thāpā regarding British military activities (undated, probably 1811)

DNA_0002_0019: A letter sent by Bam Śāha from Almora regarding British-India army casualties in the battle of Nālāpānī (VS 1871)

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_0066: A report from Umākānta Upādhyāya to Bhīmasena Thāpā regarding Ochterlony's death, etc. (VS 1882)

DNA_0002_0016: A letter from Lokaramaṇa Upādhyāya, Devarṣi Upādhyāya, Nāhāra Siṃ Thāpā, and Śālīgrāma Siṃ to Bhavānībhakta Siṃ Khatrī regarding the British predilection for puppet theater (VS 1888)

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

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

DNA_0002_0022: A report sent by Subbā Caturbhuja Malla from Almora detailing newsworthy events in 1836 CE

DNA_0001_0030: A letter from Lokaramaṇa Upādhyāya regarding the arrival of Prince Henry of the Netherlands in Calcutta (VS 1894)

DNA_0002_0005: An arjī of Lokaramaṇa Upādhyāya regarding the departure of Governor-General Auckland on a tour and the reassignment of the secretaries (VS 1894)

DNA_0002_0109: An arjī by Lokaramaṇa Upādhyāya regarding his meeting with the governor-general (VS 1894)

DNA_0004_0034: An arjī from Lokaramaṇa Upādhyāya providing a report from Calcutta (VS 1894)

DNA_0005_0028: A letter written from Calcutta by Lokaramaṇa Upādhyāya regarding political, military, and geographical information about the British presence in South Asia (VS 1894)

DNA_0001_0032: An arjī by Lokaramaṇa Upādhyāya providing a political report from Calcutta (VS 1895)

DNA_0001_0075: An arjī from Lokaramaṇa Upādhyāya on a conversation with James Prinsep (VS 1895)

DNA_0003_0046: A letter from Lakṣmaṇa Śarmā to Rājaguru Raṅganātha Pauḍyāla regarding activities involving the Mughal emperor and the British resident in Delhi (VS 1895)

DNA_0003_0049: An arjī on the British procurement of grain supplies from Indian rulers (VS 1895)

DNA_0003_0083: A report on various incidents in Delhi, Jaipur, Lahore, and Kabul (VS 1896)

DNA_0001_0068: A report from Lokaramaṇa Upādhyāya on his efforts to provide materials on a meeting between Raṇajit Siṃha and Lord Auckland to the palace and British reactions to an alleged Nepalese border infringement (VS 1897)

DNA_0004_0031: A letter from Lokaramaṇa Upādhyāya regarding the reception of diplomatic documents and military events in Afghanistan (VS 1897)

DNA_0001_0097: A letter from Lokaramaṇa Upādhyāya regarding the departure of the governor general from Calcutta, a meeting with the governor general’s secretary, and the British victory in the Battle of Kabul (VS 1899)

DNA_0004_0036: A report from Lokaramaṇa Upādhyāya to Māthavara Siṃha Thāpā on political developments in Sindhia after the Gwalior campaign of 1843 (VS 1900)

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