Documents on Elephants
Documenta Nepalica | Sources on the History of Religion and Law in Pre-modern Nepal | Main Editors: Manik Bajracharya / Rajan Khatiwoda / Axel Michaels
Elephants possess a special role in the history of Nepal as a symbol of royalty, for their use in battles and hunting, or as a gift. They are well documented from Licchavi and Malla times. However, only from the Śāhā and Rāṇā periods onwards do we learn actual details about the functional keeping of elephants.
DNA_0001_0005: An arjī from Raṇadala Pā̃ḍe on the capturing of elephants (VS 1894)
DNA_0005_0048: An arjī of Mohana Siṃha on the receipt of an elephant (VS 1882)