Rasilaben Kadia studies two legal documents discovered in a house in the Balaj area of Hajapatel’s Pol in Ahmedabad. Found in a Jain upashray’s collection, both documents relate to the same property.…
Expanding on her documentary research, the author examines another property deed, this time dated Samvat 1749 (within the Mughal era), concerning a house in Haja Patel’s Pol. Unearthed from a private…
This article presents and interprets a property deed from Samvat 1820 (equivalent to 1763 CE) relating to a house in the Chipvad area. The document, written on cloth in black ink, is partially…
2009Vol. 32pp. 148–154
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અમદાવાદ મધ્યે સં. ૧૭૦૨માં થયેલ મકાનના હક્ક અંગેનું ખતપત્ર
This Gujarati article transcribes and analyses a ledger maintained by a mercantile association (mahājan) in Ahmedabad in 1902. The ledger, written in English, records minutes of meetings, lists of…
This satirical essay critiques a social milieu that fails to recognise genuine talent and instead elevates mediocrity. Written in Gujarati, the piece portrays a fictional town where positions of…
In this brief review of a Gujarati literary piece, the author describes ‘Vedan Shedu re Swapna’ as a reflective essay on dreams and the nature of suffering. The work juxtaposes the transient, often…
‘Satyodayani Gaḍyodī’ is a Gujarati prose piece that celebrates the awakening of truth in the human heart. The article summarises the narrative, in which the protagonist undergoes a moral crisis and…
This Gujarati section contains a folk narrative and commentary by Rasila Kadia. The introduction explains that the story, preserved in a manuscript, revolves around a borrower who takes a loan…