Kathmandu: National Archives, Ms. no. 133; NGMPP DNA 2/16 Lokaramaṇa Upādhyāya et al.: A letter re the British predilection for puppet theater (Patna, 1832 (VS 1888))

Kathmandu: National Archives, Ms. no. 133; NGMPP DNA 2/16

Lokaramaṇa Upādhyāya et al.

A letter re the British predilection for puppet theater

Patna, 1832 (VS 1888)

Published with kind permission of the National Archives, Kathmandu. Digitized from the NGMPP microfilm kept by the Staatsbibliothek Berlin.

In this letter, addressed to Bhavānībhakta Siṃ Khatrī, dated 1832, Lokaramaṇa Upādhyāya, Devarṣi Upādhyāya, Nāhāra Siṃ Thāpā and Śālīgrāma Siṃ report that the British stationed in Patna prefer puppet theatre to other dramatic art forms practised in Hindustan, and suggest that the theatre company witnessed there travel once to Nepal.[ed. by Manik Bajracharya, Simon Cubelic and Rajan Khatiwoda]

DOI / Citation link: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.36821
URN: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-diglit-368215
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