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<p>Due to the peculiar geographical position of the country, the trade of Nepal was confined to Tibet and India, and a few articles passed between Nepal and China via Tibet. The British Indian records of the period under study cast more light on the trade relations between India and Nepal. But there existed no registered trade between the two countries up to 1875. For this reason, the...
It is difficult to present the genesis, growth and present style of functioning of the press in Nepal. These aspects get blurred, as does its role in society as a whole. An inquiry into the plight of the press would also mean an inquiry into the level of intellectual development, literacy growth, communicational development and above all, the attitudinal change of the people at large.
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The Kham Magars are a people of ancient Mongolian descent inhabiting the upper tributaries of the Sani Bheri, Bari Gad and Mari Khola on the south western flank of the Dhaulagiri massif. They constitute a specific ethno-linguistic community within the four northern sub-tribes of the Magar people - the Bhuda (Bura), Gharti, Pun and Rokha. That is, in the west sector of the northern Magar...
<p>There is evidence that Ganapati, Kakatiya of Warangal had the Gauda king as his vassal. This was mentioned in connection with the religious offerings and donations made by Yuvarajni Viramadevi, widow of the crown prince Yuvaraja Jayadityadeva in the shrine of Pashupatinath.</p>
<p>The author contends that written records dating back to the period were in a mixture of...
<p>Part of the material in this paper was collected to supplement a very brief discussion of 'Pre-Rana Administration' in Satish Kumar's Rana Polity in Nepal. The author intended to highlight a considerable number of positions within the administrative hierarchy that Kumar failed to mention. However, further study of Hodgson's papers, British Resident in Nepal (1831-...
Making drawings on human skin and inserting these inside the skin by punching it with a small bunch of needles and so making them permanent is called the art of tatooing, or tika chhedaune or goda garaune in some parts of Nepal. 'Tatoo' or 'tatu' was derived from a Tahitian word 'ta' which means 'to strike'. Men have decorated their bodies with this art from early time....
There are many festivals celebrated by pilgrims and devotees of the Vaisnavite cult in Janakpurdham when between ten thousand and two hundred thousand pilgrims from all over Mithila converge on Janakpurdham to celebrate the dramatic re-enactment of the Ram Lila.
The purpose of this paper is to describe the role of kinship in the formation of groups of Maithili pilgrims who come to...
Despite the fact that Helambu is only three days walk from Kathmandu and is one of the most popular trekking areas, virtually nothing is known about the socio-cultural organisation of its inhabitants. Sherpas live here and it is precisely because of its differences (and similarities) with other Sherpa and Bhotea areas that Helambu is an important area anthropologically. The extent of these...
In Hindu tradition, each stage in the life of an individual is marked by a religious ceremony which is called samskaara, a term that is generally translated by 'sacrament'. of these, there are twelve main ones; among them 'impregnation' (the time when conception is supposed to have occurred), birth, shaving of the head, initiation, marriage, and funerary rites. These sacraments...
A paper entitled "A Medieval Nepalese Temple of Visnu-Narayana" has been published, but the temple is neither of proven medieval date nor dedicated to Visnu Narayana. This article aims to rectify the date assigned to the temple.
The temple is a typical Newar style, small, two-roofed structure of square plan standing at Saugal-tol in Patan, in the Kathmandu Valley. Inscriptions on stone...
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