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Instructions on how to calculate dates of Cham calendar
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manuscripts (document genre)calendars (documents)
1800-2000
The original material was passed down from ancestors and given to Ms. Dong Thi Hang's father. After he died, she has kept it up to now. The material has lasted for over 100 years, and it has been passed down for generations.
22 unnumbered pages
Cham manuscripts. The material was bound into volumes with red thread. The covers were made of cement paper sewn continuously. The front cover had a drawing of Homkar. The back cover had drawings of signs, Homkar, talisman symbols, direction signs and calendar. The content was written in Akhar Thrah language in India ink on thin paper. The material is in good condition. Size (width - length), 25.5 x 26 cm
It covers calendar theme. The content is about instructions on how to calculate dates of Cham calendar.
Digitization of this manuscript was funded by the British Libaries' Endangered Archives Programme through the project, Digitisation of the Endangered Cham Manuscripts of Vietnam (no. EAP698).
Chamic languages