228 Relics of the Catholic Mission in Tibet. [Aug. 



Translation of two T&mbapatras granted to the Catholic Church in 

 Nepal by the late or Newdr dynasty of that country : — 

 (Titles omitted.) 



Kajya Prakas Malla Deva, Prince of Nepal, hereby grants for the 

 Padri's establishment a beautiful garden situated in unappropriated 

 ground without and above the Dhara (fountain) of Tanigal Tol, and 

 also an open quadrangled house of four stories. The boundaries of the 

 location are as follows : West from road of Matsyendra's Rath,* 

 North from the Tavo Bahal road, East from the land of Kachingal 

 Kayasth, South from the house and land of Amersinh Babii. And the 

 following is the extent of the grant, viz., for the house, the measure of six 

 house allotments, f and thirty-eight cubits square in excess, and for the 

 garden, fourteen house measures and twenty-one cubits in excess there- 

 of. Such are the boundaries and extent of which the above illustrious 

 Prince has been pleased to give, whereof is eye witness Chandra Sekar 

 Mall, and the inscriber of the deed of gift is Kotiraj Joshi, J and the 

 date of gift, 874 of the Newar 8era,§ dark half of the month of March, 

 6th dav. 



(Titles omitted.) 

 Jaya Prakasa Malla Deva, Prince of Nepal, is pleased to assign for the 

 establishment of the Padri, a beautiful garden situated in Talsithali of 

 Wontti Tol, in an unoccupied place, || and also a two stories openly 

 quadrangular house. The bounds of the location are, West from Jaya 

 Dharma Sinh's house, South from the houses of Dhanju, Suryadhan, 

 and Puraneswar, East and North from the main road. The subjoined 

 is the extent of land assigned, viz., for the house itself, the fixed mea- 

 sure for four houses and 1 6 cubits, 7 fingers' breadth in excess ; and, 

 for the open quadrangle within the house, three quarters of one house 

 allowance and twelve and half cubits in excess, exclusive of a private 

 road or access of three quarters of one house measure with twenty-two 

 cubits over. For the garden or grounds the space assigned, is the 



* See note to transcript, in Roman letters. 



t Kha in the original. It is the quantum of land allowed for an ordinary house in a 

 town ; a house and land measure in towns. 



% Daivagya in Sancrit, is Joshi in the vernacular of Nepal. 



<j 104 years back. 



|| That is, without infringment on private property, which is, and was then, perfectly 

 respected, the Government tax being not | of the net produce, and the land selling - for 

 25-30 years purchase, even beyond the limits of house building-. 



