Documenta Nepalica

In this report from the Guṭhī Jā̃ca Aḍḍā the matter of concern is a tender process for assigning the gambling license for the market square at Asana for the years VS 1959-1961 (1902-1904 CE). It is reported that a certain Meheramāna Nhuche Pradhāna offered 35 mohara rupaiyā̃ per annum for the license and submitted a promissory note (kabula) of his bid accordingly. In the second step, a notice of Meheramāna’s bid was posted. On the sixth day of the seven-day deadline, a man called Kṛṣṇavīra submitted a bid which topped Meheramāna’s bid by two mohara rupaiyā̃. However, Meheramāna quickly went Kṛṣṇavīra three mohara rupaiyā̃ better. It seems that Kṛṣṇavīra then dropped out of the competition, since the report mentions that a new notice with Meheramāna’s bid had been posted for another six days. After this, another notice with a one-day deadline was posted, to give prospective bidders one last chance. When no other bids were received, the license was granted to Meheramāna for 40 mohara rupaiyā̃ per annum. [ed. by Simon Cubelic in collaboration with Rajan Khatiwoda]