Sunday, April 26, 2009

अठसठी इमारती (Athsathi Imarat)

The Athsathi Imarat (3-1/2 year Building Accounts) consist of account summaries for materials, wages, religious/charitable donations, and tehshil collections/expenditures for a specified period. Here is an example page, translation is below.




Translation:

Vikram Samvat 1785

Expeditures: Materials/Wages

Observatory (जंत्र)
2802-11-0 [Rupees-Annas-Paise]

Materials (मसाला) used in Observatory]
1401-15-0

Stone
341-4-0

Lime
348-1-2

Unslaked Lime
587-3-2

Gravel/Stone
18-10-0

[list of materials continued on verso]

(Material at right of page: dedication to Rama, note that this folio belongs to Athsathi records for the city of Sawai Jaipur)

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